Moley Robotics

Moley Robotics is a robotics company headquartered in London, United Kingdom that developed, created and put on the market the first robotic kitchen[1] based on a multifunctional cooking platform.

Moley Robotics
TypePrivate
IndustryRobotics
Founded2015
FounderMark Oleynik
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
ProductsService robots
Websitemoley.com

Moley Robotics was founded by Russian mathematician, computer scientist and entrepreneur Mark Oleynik in 2015 to create service robots for kitchen use.[2][3][4] It is best known for creating the first robot kitchen, The Moley Robotic Kitchen (MK1).[5][6][7]

History

Moley Robotics was named after its creator: M. Oleynik. It trades as Moley Services UK Ltd[8]

Mark Oleynik, a computer scientist, founded the Moley Robotics as a way to have good food at home without the skills to make it.[9] In 2015, Moley Robotics started working on a robotic kitchen, which made its debut at the Hannover Messe industrial robotics trade fair in Hannover, Germany in April 2015.[10]

In six years, Moley Robotics went from the robotic kitchen Proof of Concept to a market-ready robotic cooking platform. A cooking platform with a robotic system is augmented with a smart kitchen environment. A team of more than 100 engineers worldwide[11] worked on creating Moley Robotic Kitchen.

The Robotic Kitchen has been distinguished in several international science and engineering events. In May 2015, the Robotic Kitchen won the "Best of the Best" CES Shanghai award in China.[12] In January 2016, the prototype was finalist at the first edition of the UAE AI & Robotics Award in the international category, health sector.[13]

The Robotic Kitchen was launched on 6 December, 2020,[14] at GITEX technology week in Dubai. In January 2021, Moley Robotics exhibited at CES, presenting its multifunctional kitchen platform in detail. At these two exhibitions, Moley Robotics showcased strong market readiness, preparing around a dozen dishes, including various pastas, soups, risotto and low-calorie dishes. In total, the recipe library can fit up to 5000 meals.[15]

Robotic Kitchen

The first Moley Kitchen line is available in two broad versions — X-kitchen and R-kitchen.[16]

R-kitchen includes two robotic arms and five-finger hands equipped with tactile sensors, developed in collaboration with Universal Robots and world-leading German robotic company SCHUNK, Moley's exclusive hand partner.[17] SCHUNK put the robo-chef through 11 development cycles and 100,000 test operation cycles.[18] These highly technological hands can pick up and interact with most kitchen equipment, such as blenders, whisks, and the hob.[19]

X-kitchen is an IoT cooking platform equipped with a smart fridge and storage in addition to the main cooking area. It includes a supported structure pre-set for future robotic module installation. X-kitchen can be upgraded to a fully automated robotic R model on client’s request.

Moley Robotic Kitchen facilitates limited human contact during food preparation and the integrated safe UV-disinfection[20] of the worktop and the air in the cooking zone. It minimizes the risk of contamination, which is particularly important during a pandemic situation.

Moley Robotics captures, with an integrated 3D camera and wired glove, the entire work of a human chef and upload it into a database.[21] The chef's actions are translated into digital movements using gesture recognition algorithms created in collaboration with Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon University professors.[22] Later, The Robotic Kitchen reproduces the whole sequence of actions to cook an identical meal from scratch.[23][24]

Moley Robotics introduced a recipe creator tool to add new meals to its culinary library. The first recipe learned by Moley Robotic Kitchen was a crab bisque created by the renowned chef Tim Anderson,[25] the winner of 2011's MasterChef UK competition, restaurateur and author of several cookbooks. Renowned chefs, like Tim Anderson, James Taylor, Andrew Clarke, Toni Tovanen, Ivan and Sergei Berezutskiy, Nicole Pisani,[26] develop recipes for Moley Robotics culinary library.[27]

In the current configuration, the user operates the kitchen via a built-in touchscreen or smartphone application with cooking ingredients prepared in advance and put in preset locations. Moley Robotics states that eventually users will be able to select from a library of over 5,000 recorded recipes.

Commercial kitchen

Moley's engineers developed this multi-functional kitchen platform in two modifications: for residential and commercial usage. A commercial version was developed for busy kitchens in restaurant, catering, hotel and other industries.[28][29] The commercial Moley kitchen will be adaptable and customized to individual requirements, supporting hotels and restaurants as well as healthcare institutions in delivering healthy, gourmet food safely and efficiently. Moley Robotics announced its intention to introduce a commercial robotic kitchen based on the multifunctional cooking platform by next year.

Mission

Company emphasizes that it aims to improve quality of life and health by combining innovative technology and nutrition in every home and commercial institution. The ultimate goal claimed by Moley Robotics is to design a robotic kitchen that can be delivered to the mass market at an affordable price.

See also

References
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