A major trend in robotics is cooking and domestic robots, especially over the last three years. And this is without taking into account those domestic robots that do the dishes or place your laundry in the washing machine. This is what we call "robotics for the benefit of humanity" :-) There is the Snackbot, a robot that brings your meal and interacts with you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJesFpXlqyA Then, there is the Chief Cook Robot (pictured above), which is capable of learning what you teach it and preparing an omelet:
On a more humorous note, we have the friendly Jeffrey from Intel. Motoman which prepares pancakes:
The robots that prepare bowls of noodles in an assembly-line style:
And also very delicate robots capable of handling Sushi with their artificial muscles: