( CNN ) -- Your cooking partner is a robot , your fridge can talk , and your plate is your own personal dietician . Oh , and for a laugh you occasionally have a cook-off with a famous holographic chef . This may sound like a scene from 1960s sci-fi cartoon The Jetsons , but the kitchens in coming decades may not be so far off those envisioned by futurologists . Today , a number of significant developments in culinary tech are happening in the field of robotics . CNN 's Blueprint team caught up with a group of design students in Poland who recently programmed an industrial robot -- usually tasked with building cars -- to cook . Read more : Making gourmet meals out of maggots . `` Our project is called 'Let 's cook the future ' and we try to cook with robots -- we had a robot that initially was made just to be in factories and make cars and we tried to treat it as a human and put it in the kitchen . '' Says Barbara Dzaman , one of the students involved in the project . The 'Let 's cook the future ' robot `` prints '' cookies three-dimensionally , building them up layer by layer in almost any shape you could imagine . Dorota Kabala , an industrial designer working alongside the students says that the project looks towards a future where people can make dishes that are only limited by their imagination . `` The problem we are addressing in this project is the need for personalization of production ... at the moment we can observe that people need more personalization , more customization of products than before and now it 's possible . '' Marek Cecula , a respected Polish designer , ceramicist and visiting professor at the Royal College of Art , London , says that he was `` amazed '' by the students ' robot chef but felt that `` we simply do n't know where this is going ... How will we relate to objects made completely by a machine ? How will these objects relate to our emotions ? Where will the relationship between person and object be when the object is made by a machine ? '' The introduction of robots into the home is not new , of course . Many of us already live with electronics that have robotic components , such as self-cleaning ovens , single-touch microwaves that automatically adjust to the food you have put in them , and fridges that scan used-by dates . The trend for robots to perform unskilled restaurant jobs has also led to robotic noodle slicers and mechanical waiters , though so far many are mere gimmicks rather than genuine technological solutions . Thomas Johansson , Design Director at Electrolux , says that he thinks there is a place for robots in the kitchen : `` I think kitchen robots could potentially take over some of the common jobs that are repetitive or difficult to do ... I think you could take away some of the boring chores and spend your time doing something more interesting . '' Away from robotics , Electrolux has been exploring the creative fringe of kitchen design with its annual Design Lab competition . The company recently announced the semi-finalists for 2013 , which include a 3-D food printer and an appliance that calculates the nutritional values , possible toxins and freshness of your food before you start cooking . Johansson says the range of issues being tackled by students in the competition is fascinating in itself : `` A lot of the students are addressing issues like wellbeing , robotics , bio-mimicry , wearable devices , air purification , and also using smart phones and tablets as remote controls . And then there are the issues about food diagnostics , which are especially interesting in light of the horse meat scandal . People are no longer that concerned about what frying pan they use , but what is in the frying pan . Knowing what it is that you are eating is very important . '' With work being done in almost every field of home design , it is likely that the kitchen of the future will look significantly different to how it does today . As the old saying goes , the kitchen will always be the heart of the home -- but increasingly that heart is coming to resemble a pacemaker .
Researchers at MIT 's Institute of Form have developed a robotic chef . Robot creates 3D - printed objects in almost any shape imaginable . Electrolux Design Lab explores new concepts in robotics and motion - mimicry .