18 June 2026
Fillets of raw fish are irregular in shape and floppy in texture, but a robot with three arms has learnt how to manipulate a salmon loin.
One of Sashimi-Bot’s arms stabilizes a salmon loin, one slices off pieces and one uses chopsticks to arrange the sashimi on a platter (video has been sped up). Credit: S. Herland et al./npj Robot. (CC BY 4.0)
The hottest up-and-coming sashimi chef has three arms, expert culinary skills and a way with salmon. Researchers have devised a ‘sashimi-bot’ that can autonomously cut and arrange slices of raw fish1.
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