Japan’s ramen robot – answers
true/false
- Japanese people are afraid of robots. F: they are obsessed with them
- The noodle chef operates the robots. F: the chefs are the robots
- The robots serve up to 80 bowls of noodles per day. T: they serve 80 bowls on a busy day so this is the maximum
- The shop is owned by a robot factory. F: owned by a robot manufacturer (an individual)
- The robots are more accurate and consistent than human chefs. T
- The shop has been open for over a month. F: less than a month
- The shop is turning good profits. F: not yet as they have spent a lot of money on research and development
- The restaurant is very popular and well known. T: getting a lot of attention and building its reputation
- The robot noodles taste better. F: there is no difference in taste between robot noodles and human noodles
- The noodles take one minute and fourteen seconds to prepare. F:1 minute 40 seconds