Robots cook your food at this experimental new N.J. restaurant
The futuristic machine’s lid automatically lowers and locks in place.
The contraption, which looks like a cross between a food processor and a frying pan, begins to spin and whirr — think a washing machine gearing up for its spin cycle. But it’s not cleaning clothes. It’s getting ready to cook.
Soon the top opens and a side compartment filled with a thick brown sauce is catapulted into the pan. Thirty seconds after, a container of fried chicken to be launched into the fray. Steam begins to rise from the lid vents.
Less than a minute later, the lid rises