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Three-Armed Sashimi-Bot Slices Salmon in 5.3 Seconds

6/21/2026

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  • Sashimi-Bot, a three-armed robot from Norwegian University of Science and Technology, slices salmon, steadies it, holds a knife, and uses chopsticks to place slices on a tray.
  • The robot was trained in simulation with learning and a GelSight tactile sensor calibrated on 12,397 readings from 157 cuts.
  • In testing it cut 34 slices, grasped 26 of 28, recovered six stuck to the blade, and took 5.3 seconds per cut (27.9 seconds total).