Korean fried chicken is double-fried — and the process needs additional labour and requires extended worker proximity to hot oil.
Composed of a simple, flexible mechanical arm, the robot is capable of frying 100 chickens in two hours. Photo: AFP
Eaten at everything from tiny family gatherings to a 10-million-viewer live-streamed"mukbang" -- eating broadcast -- by K-pop star Jungkook of BTS fame, fried chicken is deeply embedded in South Korean culture. Around 54 percent of business owners in the food service sector report problems finding employees, a government survey last year found, with long hours and stressful conditions the likely culprit, according to industry research.
Kang's robot, composed of a simple, flexible mechanical arm, is capable of frying 100 chickens in two hours -- a task that would require around five people and several deep fryers."We can now say with confidence that our robot fries better than human beings do," she said.
Even South Korea's Samsung Electronics -- one of the world's biggest tech companies -- is trying to get in on the action, recently launching Samsung Food, an AI-personalised recipe and meal-planning platform, available in eight languages."Delivering food using electric vehicles or having robots directly provide deliveries within apartment complexes, known as 'metamobility', could become a part of our daily lives,"he said.
During AFP's visit to a Seoul branch, a robot meticulously handled the frying process -- from immersing chicken in oil, flipping it for even cooking, to retrieving it at the perfect level of crispiness, as the irresistible scent of crunchy chicken wafted through the shop.Kim Moon-jung, a 54-year-old insurance worker, said she was not sure how a robot would make the chicken differently from a human"but one thing is certain -- it tastes delicious".
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