One of these new machines is a small robot vacuum that immediately captured fans' attention as Doctor Who 's cutest new character. While it's unlikely to appear again in the show's upcoming ...

Posha co-founder and CEO Raghav Gupta with his company's robot chef. (GeekWire Photo /) The joy of cooking may mean different ...

The system, a pair of robotic arms, learned to cook by mimicking the motions of a top chef. Even though it can't smell or taste, its maker says the robot should be able to make 2,000 meals by 2017.

Unlike a human chef, who washes their hands and the grill between orders, robots do not clean themselves and instead require an outside person to clean them, Zietz points out.

A Russian robotics company has built an automatic kitchen capable of cooking 2,000 different meals — and it could be in homes by 2017. Moley Robotics' kitchen will cost about $15,000 and ...

Of the 16 videos it watched, the robot recognised the correct recipe 93% of the time, even though it only detected 83% of the human chef's actions.

The mechanical chef watched 16 videos in total and managed to identify the correct recipe 93% of the time. In addition, it was able to recognise variations in a recipe and the demonstration of a ...

Taste is also highly individual: some people love spicy food, while others have a sweet tooth. A good cook, whether amateur or professional, relies on their sense of taste, and can balance the ...