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Japanese noodle market soon to be dominated by robots

At a ramen noodle shop in Nagoya, Japan, a pair of robotic arms serves up 80 bowls of noodles a day. While noodle-cooking robots have been around for a while, noodle creating has just entered the robotic age.

The Sanuki Shokunin robot can make traditional buckwheat soba noodles and other Japanese noodles of varying thickness and ingredients, but with a slight change of settings it can also make Chinese noodles, creating potential in the global marketplace.