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

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.

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 fish1.

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Nature 654, 845 (2026)

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

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