Patent ID: 8276506
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: A47J,B25J

Abstract:
1. A cooking assistance robot, comprising: a mix driving unit for performing a mixing operation of moving ingredients in a cooking container; a height distribution measuring unit for measuring a distribution of a height of the ingredients from a cooking surface of the cooking container, the distribution of the height of the ingredients including the height of the ingredients at a plurality of positions on the cooking surface of the cooking container; a mixing direction selector for selecting a mixing direction of the mixing operation if the height of the ingredients measured by the height distribution measuring unit is equal to or larger than a specified value; and an operation instructing unit for instructing the mixing operation corresponding to the selected mixing direction to the mix driving unit, wherein the mixing direction selector sets, as the mixing direction, a direction along a plane perpendicular to the cooking surface, passing an apex where the height of the ingredients is largest and having a maximum height variance of the ingredients with respect to an average height of the ingredients.