VOA常速英语:Will Robots Replace Humans in Food Industry?(翻译)

This is one of two robots working for Zume pizza.When the pie is perfectly covered with sauce and other toppings, the robot puts it in the oven.

“We spend less money on repetitive labor, so things like slicing pepperoni or applying cheese.We automate those repetitive tasks, so that we can spend more money on higher quality ingredients.”

“Your pizza, enjoy and have a great day.”“Thanks.”

Customers like it.

“It’s delicious. It’s always hot and fresh when it comes.I mean it’s great that they’re making it, but I can’t tell the difference that it’s made by a robot versus a human.”

“Hmm. It’s delicious.”

Zume’s biggest innovation is yet to come, a delivery truck equipped with 56 ovens.At precisely three minutes, 15 seconds before arriving at the customer’s door, the pizza is popped in to bake.

The company also shortens delivery times by using software to anticipate when and what kind of pizzas customers will order.

Here Bistrobot, customers can watch machine put their meal together.“You can go buy a sandwich for a few dollars and you get to watch this really cool machine make you a sandwich.And it has all the other advantages:where it’s quicker, it’s cheaper, it’s more consistent, and it’s just this really fun experience to share with people.”

Experts say this is a growing trend in the food industry,but they insist robots still struggle with tasks that require more refined motor skills.

“The research has been going on for 50 years.We’re making progress, but it’s still a challenge.So I want to reassure restaurant workers that the skills that they have are still going to be of value.”

That means there’s still plenty of work left for humans to do.“We’re going to see a big change in the way that humans work again,but it’s going to have the same impact.We’re going to eliminate boring, repetitive, dangerous jobs and we’re going to free up people to do things that are higher value.There’s going to be amazing new ways of working that don’t exist yet that are going to be created.”

So what we’re seeing here is just the beginning, and one thing to expect is more and more robots in the kitchen.