In Japan, University of Tokyo researchers recently unveiled a kitchen "android" that could wash dishes, pour tea and make a few limited meals.

在日本，东京大学的研究人员最近推出了一款厨房“机器人”，它可以洗盘子、倒茶和做一些指定的餐品。

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Baking with a cob on is neither fun for the person in the kitchen, nor does it make what you produce taste any better.

对于在厨房里忙碌的人，烤玉米并不是很有趣，做出来的东西也不会有多好吃。

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Mariette Himes Gomez, who designed the model at 515 East 72, wound up building a soffit for the kitchen and installing an island in the space to "not make the kitchen look like it was falling into the living room, " she said.

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"I can't make my wife cook in the old kitchen and bring the food over to the main house, " he says.

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