Automatic Ham Boning Robot - Mayekawa HAMDAS-R

Winner of the 4th Robot of the Year Award in the small business in venture capital category (from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry & The Japan Machinery Federation) is Mayekawa Electric's ham boneing robot. Food processing robots are bound to attract a lot of attention as they naturally feed some people's paranoia about robots taking over the world one slice at a time. Except for avid hunters, how many of us have ever skinned and cut up a carcass?