The University of Lincoln has worked with Olympus Automation Limited to launch a modular robotics and automation manufacturing cell.

With this new innovation, the food manufacturing industry could be set for a revolution seeing as a similar technology is already in use at the National Centre for Food Manufacturing, reports Food Manufacture (NCFM).

The robotic chef is known as APRIL, which stands for Automated Processing Robotic Ingredient Loading and has had much commercial interest already.

Its capabilities allow it to use cooking and handling technologies to reproduce these technologies on a huge industrial level.

The official launch of the technology will be at the NCFM on April 28th when the University of Lincoln and Kuka will outline how the robotics can be used in food manufacturing.

Mark Swainson, head of research at the Holbeach university campus, said: "Most robotics and automation that is happening is end-of-line: palletisation, product casing, product packing. This is really recipe management and recipe control of liquid food products."