Surrounded by customers, a robot slices noodles in front of a noodle restaurant in Wenling city, East China's Zhejiang province, on December 11, 2011, the third day of the robot's noodle chef career. The noodle made by the robot is said to be even, thin and with a special flavor, which has attracted a lot of curious customers. Wang Yao, owner of the restaurant, ordered the robot at about 20,000 yuan ($3,144) after seeing it on TV and estimates it will take less than 2 years to get back his money. [Photo/CFP]