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Monday, July 14, 2014

Automated Robot can make one Roti

Rotimatic, world's fully automated robot can make one roti per minute


Every Rotimatic churns out 200-250 rotis everyday. Photo by rotimatic.com

















It looks like a photocopier but it doesn't do boring xeroxes. Instead, it makes rotis - something not 
every woman or man, Indian or otherwise, can make without years of practice.
 Pranoti Nagarkar explaining about the robot which makes fresh rotis. Photo by rotimatic.com

































Meet Rotimatic, the robot roti-maker. The brainchild of Pranoti Nagarkar and Rishi Irani, this machine can pop out regulation one fluffy chapatti per minute. Inside it are 10 motors, 15 sensors and 300 parts humming away. The roti-maker costs $ 600. 

Nagarkar said she created the robot after getting tired of the time it took to make rotis.  and the many many things that go into making roti. The square robot is slightly more than a foot long, wide and tall. 



The machine is in production and will be out in 2015.

A pilot user making rotis using Rotimatic. Photo by rotimatic.com


















All one needs to do with the Rotimatic is put the ingredients - flour, water and oil - in the containers and dock it atop the robot. Once the containers are in place, the device heats at about 500 degrees Fahrenheit.
The user has to select the thickness of the roti and oil content on a small LCD screen to get it started. Rotimatic weighs about 18 kg.

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