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Now there’s a noodle shop in Kaohsiung’s Lingya District that doesn’t need a single employee. From cooking to serving, a robot takes care of the entire order, whether it’s beef noodles or pork noodles. The owner said he got the idea because the labor shortage has made hiring difficult.

A robotic arm places down a bowl of piping hot noodles, ready for pickup.

The milky white pork broth looks like it’s been simmering for hours. Another bowl of beef noodles comes with big chunks of meat. Would you believe it was all made by a robot?

Customer
The broth is a little different from other places. They prepare it first, then it’s dispensed by the robot. The noodles are slightly chewy.

Wang Chun-hua
Owner
Every bowl is prepared fresh. The flour is kneaded into dough, then cut into strips and immediately cooked into a bowl of hot noodles.

Newly opened, this automated noodle shop in Kaohsiung’s Lingya District doesn’t need any staff at all. A robot takes care of cooking and serving all seven items on the menu. Customers first order from a kiosk, then wait for the robot to make their order. Vegetables are self-service, as are the pickles and spicy radish. If you don’t feel like noodles, the restaurant also has dumplings and braised food that you can microwave yourself.

Wang Chun-hua
Owner
Because of the increasingly severe labor shortage, it’s getting harder and harder to hire staff, which impacts service quality. That’s what inspired us to develop this AI noodle-making system.

As hiring becomes more difficult, restaurants have to adapt to survive. Like this one, some are turning to robots. Automation might be all the rage right now, but traditional restaurants aren’t worried about losing business.

Restaurant owner
He has his clientele and we have ours. We have a human touch. We make it ourselves and can chat with customers.

Restaurant owner
Of course traditional shops have a human touch. You can interact with people and chat.

These chefs might not be worried, but others are. Now that robots can cook, there might be even fewer jobs available in the future.

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