I’ve just experienced one of those rare moments when a childhood dream is realised later in life.
The BBC has just reported of a fully automated robot restaurant in Germany. Well, almost entirely automated. Apart from food preparation and cooking in the kitchen, all other processes have been transformed into touchscreen interfaces and rollercoaster-style delivery mechanisms.
The last time I ever contemplated on such fantastical thoughts was during the musical scene You Two in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang when Dick Van Dyke’s character Caractacus Potts prepares the first meal of the day for his two children using that now famous steam-powered, breakfast-making machine.
And what a joy it is to see the dream and the reality in living, breathing, colour video. It is truly a wondrous age in which we live.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang You Two breakfast machine
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