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Samsung Bot Chef Txhais Tes Neeg Hlau Rau Chav Ua Noj by Think Tank Team

Samsung Bot Chef Txhais Tes Neeg Hlau Rau Chav Ua Noj by Think Tank Team is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Platinum in Tsim Khoom Siv Hauv Tsev Competition Category.


PlatinumKhoom Siv Hauv Tsev· 2021

Samsung Bot Chef Txhais Tes Neeg Hlau Rau Chav Ua Noj

by Think Tank Team

Client: Samsung Think Tank Team

A' Design Award Platinum Winner in Khoom Siv Hauv Tsev Category

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The Design

About Samsung Bot Chef Txhais Tes Neeg Hlau Rau Chav Ua Noj

Samsung Bot Chef yog ib lub tswv yim txog txhais tes neeg hlau uas tsim los siv hauv chav ua noj hauv tsev. Txhais tes no ua haujlwm ua ke nrog tib neeg los txiav, do, rau txuj lom thiab ua zaub mov. Cov lus hais yooj yim coj txhua kauj ruam. Kev txheeb xyuas lus ntuj (natural language processing) ua rau nws nyeem tau thiab nkag siab cov zaub mov ua li niaj hnub, thiab cov haujlwm muab faib rau txhais tes neeg hlau thiab tus neeg ua noj. Cov sensors ua rau nws tuav tau cov ko khoom ruaj khov los do los sis ntaus, thiab nias tau lub raj kua txuj lom sib zog me me xwb. Nws siv cov cuab yeej thiab twj ua noj uas siv niaj hnub hauv chav ua noj. Lub cev nqaim ntsuas tau 90 x 90 x 1200 millimeters thaum ncab tag nrho.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Platinum

Samsung Bot Chef Txhais Tes Neeg Hlau Rau Chav Ua Noj yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Platinum, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev uas muab rau cov qauv tsim zoo kawg nkaus, zoo nkauj thiab ci ntsa iab tiag tiag. Cov neeg yeej Platinum yog cov khoom xav tsis thoob ntawm kev tsim, yog cov pov thawj ntawm qhov kawg ntawm kev txawj tsim ntawm tib neeg, thiab qhia txog kev tshaj lij uas tsis muaj leej twg piv tau thiab kev txawj ntse ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Cov qauv tsim no xav tias yuav yog cov haujlwm muaj koob npe tshaj plaws uas txiav txim lub caij nyoog txoj kev zoo nkauj, pab rau zej zog txoj kev noj qab haus huv thiab nthuav dav ciam teb ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis. Samsung Bot Chef Txhais Tes Neeg Hlau Rau Chav Ua Noj qhia txog qib zoo tshaj plaws thiab tsis muaj kev xyem xyav ua rau lub ntiaj teb zoo dua nrog nws cov yam ntxwv muaj txiaj ntsig thiab muaj nqi. Samsung Bot Chef Txhais Tes Neeg Hlau Rau Chav Ua Noj yog ib qho haujlwm uas yeej A' Design Award Platinum, uas txhawb kev xav, tshoov siab, ua rau zoo siab thiab ua rau muaj kev xyiv fab loj.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Samsung Bot Chef is a product concept that brings cutting edge robotics to the home. Designed to work collaboratively with humans in the kitchen, Bot Chef can help chop, stir, season, and cook the perfect meal through simple voice interactions. Bot Chef can read, understand, and assign tasks in regular recipes through natural language processing, and is designed to use everyday kitchen tools and utensils.
Dimensions & Packaging
90 mm x 90 mm x 1200 mm (in fully extended position)
Tags
robotics, AI, kitchen, appliance, computer vision, automation, industrial design, human-robot interaction, cobots, collaborative robots, robotic arm
Production Technology
Bot Chef combines the latest advances in human-robot interaction, mechatronics, AI, and computer vision in a user-friendly design that anyone can use. With its intuitive skill-based software, Bot Chef is also well suited for small businesses that have been unable to tap into the automation revolution due to the prohibitive costs of robots and programming.
Design Challenge
Size, cost, and form factor are critical to the acceptance of heavy industrial machinery such as robotic arms in a more consumer-facing environment such as the home kitchen or small businesses. Designed from the ground up, Bot Chef's custom hardware and software brings the functionality of pro-grade equipment to the home in a sleek form factor, all while retaining the power and effectiveness on cutting-edge robotics.
Research
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, women and men spend over 1 hour a day in food and drink preparation and kitchen work. These activities involve several tedious, time-consuming and repetitive tasks. How might we help people regain precious quality time in their day by bringing advances in automation and robotics to the home environment?
Inspiration
Bot Chef was inspired by our love of cooking, and the desire to make meal preparation a more enjoyable and rewarding experience for both home cooks and professional chefs. Kitchen work and food preparation involves several tedious, time-consuming and repetitive tasks, and everyone could use an "extra hand" in the kitchen. Our innovative hardware and software brings cutting edge advances in robotics and automation to the home in an aesthetically pleasing and user-friendly form-factor.
Project Duration
This project has been under development since August 2018, and been showcased at numerous trade events such as KBIS 2019, IFA 2019, and CES 2020.
Operation Flow
Bot Chef can understand and respond to simple voice commands from the user. Through advanced natural language processing, Bot Chef can read, understand, and assign tasks to itself and the human chef in regular recipes. Sensors allow it to grasp handles firmly to stir or whisk, and also gently squeeze a bottle of sauce. Need to change up the recipe? It's as easy as saying "Hey Bot Chef, add some Sriracha!"
Patents
Patent Application 16/792,088
Team Members
Arthur Ronisch
Brian Harms
Curt Aumiller
Dane Mason
Dean Reading
Forrest Tran
Jiawei Zhang
Jose Marcel Santos
Junyeon Cho
Kate Hajash
Phillip Schoessler
Sajid Sadi
Sergio Perdices-Gonzales
Tara Chander Sriram
Thomas Brenner
Image Credits
Image 1: Samsung Think Tank Team, "Bot Chef", 2019
Image 2: Samsung Think Tank Team, "Bot Chef", 2019
Image 3: Samsung Think Tank Team, "Bot Chef", 2019
Image 4: Samsung Think Tank Team, "Bot Chef", 2019
Image 5: Samsung Think Tank Team, "Bot Chef", 2019
Video Credit: Samsung Think Tank Team, "Bot Chef prepares a sesame tofu salad", 2020

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