This robot chef serves Chinese school lunches

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This robot chef serves and makes school lunches

in an effort to improve food safety

Location: Shanghai, China

(SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) VICE PRESIDENT OF MINHANG HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL, SONG WENJIE, SAYING: "This product is very helpful when it comes to students' safety and health. The highlight of this robot is that food would not be touched by humans during the whole process. The robot delivers the cooked dishes directly to students. It avoids secondary contact by people, and secondary pollution. That's what we considered."

The school said the robot chef

tends to be better than humans at measuring seasonings

and students seem to be enjoying the food

(SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) 11-YEAR-OLD STUDENT, GU CHEN, SAYING: "I was surprised at first, as I have never seen a robot cooking. It cooks so well and dishes taste good. It was already in our school when the semester started."