In Japang robots can do anything and now they can identify wines too ! The ability to discern good wine from bad, name the specific brand from a tiny sip and recommend a complementary cheese. When it has identified a wine, the robot speaks up in a childlike voice. How this robot can do that ? at robot’s left arm is an infrared spectrometer. When objects are placed up against the sensor, the robot fires off a beam of infrared light. The reflected light is then analyzed in real time to determine the object’s chemical composition.

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