Chefs look away now. The future is coming and we’re all about to move into a world where smartphone operated robots cook downloadable recipes to perfection. The human race is doomed.

“Whether you love food and want to explore different cuisines, or fancy saving a favourite family recipe for everyone to enjoy for years to come, the Automated Kitchen can do this,” said its inventor, Mark Oleynik.

“It’s [also] a platform for our creativity,” he continued, before (chillingly) adding that it could even ‘teach us’ how to become better cooks.

The ‘RoboChef’, developed by Oleynik and Morley Robotics, is capable of learning human movements and then replicate them to perform the function of preparing a meal. On display at this year’s Hannover Messe – one of the largest trade fairs focusing on industrial technologies – the machine performed the not so simple task of rustling up crab bisque.

“It’s the ultimate sous-chef,” Tim Anderson told the BBC.

Anderson, the 2011 BBC MasterChef champion, is helping to train the robotic chef through motion capture. Anderson’s movements had been recorded and then uploaded, allowing the robot to mimic his action move for move in the preparation of the dish.

“You tell it do something – whether it’s a bit of prep or completing a whole dish from start to finish – and it will do it. And it will do it the same every single time.”

The key to the robot is its hands, which feature twenty individual motors, twenty-four joins and a total of 129 sensors.

But, rather predictably perhaps, Morley’s creation has received some criticism from some professional chefs with Wojciech Psykala stating that he believes it won’t be able to cope with the intricacy of some meals: “The chopping and cutting, probably yes [the robot could probably manage that], but with sushi, well I’m not quite sure if [it] will have enough dexterity.”

The product is still two years, at least, away from being available to purchase and Morley have said that they plan to upgrade the automated cooking device before launch by making it a little bit smaller, installing an integrated refrigerator  and dishwasher and allowing users to share, uploaded and download their own recipes.