It plans to deliver an AI-powered recipe creation app and an in-kitchen assistant robot.
Sony AI, the machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) research arm of the Japanese conglomerate, has launched a new project that will be dedicated to gastronomy research and development. The gastronomy flagship project, as it has been dubbed by Sony AI, will focus on three key areas: an AI application for new recipe creation, a robotics solution that can assist chefs in the kitchen, and a community co-creation initiative. Sony AI said it will use data sources — including recipes and ingredient data, such as taste, aroma, flavour, molecular structure, and nutrients — to develop the recipe creation app, which it hopes will be used by chefs when designing recipes and menus. The company added that it envisions the chef assisting robot will be trained with sensors and AI so it can help chefs through the entire cooking process, from preparation to plating.
