The idea to create a semi-automatic dumpling maker that balances efficiency, size and cost came to us quickly after abandoning our Xiao Long Bao dream. Realising that existing dumpling-making machines are usually big and expensive, our group decided to design a dumpling maker targeted at small businesses and households. Given the rich diversity of dumplings […]

Going back to the drawing board, our team brainstormed for food processes which were not yet automated. Realising that the process of making Xiao Long Bao was not automated yet, we were quick to jump on this new idea. We searched up videos on making Xiao Long Bao and tried to imagine how that would […]

Initially, our group wanted to make an automatic okonomiyaki flipping machine (our group was originally called okoYESmiyaki). Kool right?  When one side is well-cooked, the okonomiyaki would be flipped by rotating a cylindrical closed pan 180 degrees (like Happy Call pans but in a different shape). In case you don’t know how a Happy Call […]