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The robots preparing to get their hands on your lunch
Technological strides have made automata soft and sensitive enough to pack bento boxes.
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The robot Nextage Fillie performs a demonstration during the FOOMA Japan exhibition in Tokyo, on June 5.
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Leo Lewis
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Revolution, said Mao Zedong, is not a dinner party. Maybe so. But that doesn’t mean that when the revolution comes, there won’t be food involved.
Earlier in June in Tokyo, to a huge visiting throng from Asia’s food production industry, artificial intelligence (AI) and robots set out their plans to seize control.
