At Fa-Men, a ramen shop in Nagoya, it's the robots that cook ramen for you, instead of the usual ramen chefs wearing tee shirts and baseball caps that you see all over Japan.
These cooking robots aren't exactly cheap but once you install them, they certainly will work hard for free. I just saw this on the news and I can't wait till I go home to Nagoya for New Year's and try a bowl there.