As one of the typical economies of a "young children aging" society, Japan is suffering from a labor shortage. A Japanese technology company recently launched a "noodle sorting robot", its function is actually no different from industrial robots, but the clean and clean color scheme, humanoid design makes people want to believe that it is sorting the food that people will put in their mouths.

At the recent Tokyo Technology Show, the 1.5-meter-tall "noodle picking robot" called "FOODLY" is working fast and intently. It picked up a handful of noodles and placed them accurately on a blue conveyor belt. The blue belt is quite high-tech as it automatically weighs each noodle before packing it into a plastic container.

The robot is equipped with an image recognition system that can accurately capture the appearance of the food in front of it. The "noodle sorting robot" is designed to grab almost one kilogram of noodles or other food, including chopped vegetables and fried chicken. The company behind the robot said that using "FOODLY" would not only fill a vacancy in the factory workforce and reduce labor costs, but also greatly reduce the risk of spreading an epidemic. FOODLY is estimated to sell for 30 million yen (about 1.62 million yuan).

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