The Buckwheat Noodle Robot Sanuki Shokunin is designed to make the same type of buckwheat noodles that are typically the product of the precision knife skills of noodle chefs throughout Japan. The machine uses a special pasta dough kneader mechanism, along with a razor-sharp adjustable cutting blade to slice up precision pieces of pasta.

The Sanuki Shokunin can crank out up to 700 portions of noodles an hour, and can also make Chinese Noodles and traditional pasta too. Just load in some dough, push a couple of buttons to adjust the pasta size (in 0.1 mm increments) on the control screen, and watch the noodles fly.

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Now if only we had some noodle-cooking robots, we’d never have to go in the kitchen again…

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[via Robot Watch (translated)]

Made especially for the instant ramen aficionado, this gadget is indeed called the Instant Noodle Perfecting Timer. This gadget is designed with one simple, yet important purpose in mind – to produce the perfect Cup O’ Noodles.

The $25 device offers a timer that counts down the exact amount of time required to perfect your low-budget dinner of champions. When it’s done, an LED lights up and flashes to let you know that your noodles won’t be too soggy, or god forbid, still crunchy.

I wonder how many rocket scientists it took to come up with this one.