WinebotNEC Sys­tem Tech­nolo­gies and Mie Uni­ver­sity have designed
a wine-tasting robot. It fires a beam of infrared light and the reflected light deter­mines the object’s chem­i­cal com­po­si­tion. When a reporter’s hand was placed against the robot’s taste sen­sor, it was iden­ti­fied as pro­sciutto. A cam­era­man was mis­taken for bacon. So, the robot rev­o­lu­tion will be a feast as well.