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It slices! It dices! Sashimi-Bot handles seafood with ease

Researchers have developed a robotic system called 'Sashimi-Bot' capable of autonomously cutting and arranging raw fish fillets, such as salmon loins. The robot uses three arms: one to stabilize the fish, one to slice it, and one to arrange the sashimi on a platter using chopsticks. This advancement highlights progress in robotics applied to food preparation.

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT

18 June 2026

Fillets of raw fish are irregular in shape and floppy in texture, but a robot with three arms has learnt how to manipulate a salmon loin.

One of Sashimi-Bot’s arms stabilizes a salmon loin, one slices off pieces and one uses chopsticks to arrange the sashimi on a platter (video has been sped up). Credit: S. Herland et al./npj Robot. ( CC BY 4.0 )

The hottest up-and-coming sashimi chef has three arms, expert culinary skills and a way with salmon. Researchers have devised a ‘sashimi-bot’ that can autonomously cut and arrange slices of raw fish 1 .

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01871-4

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It slices! It dices! Sashimi-Bot handles seafood with ease

Researchers have developed a robotic system called 'Sashimi-Bot' capable of autonomously cutting and arranging raw fish fillets, such as salmon loins. The robot uses three arms: one to stabilize the fish, one to slice it, and one to arrange the sashimi on a platter using chopsticks. This advancement highlights progress in robotics applied to food preparation.

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