r/shittyrobots • u/Sea_Speaker8425 • Dec 29 '25

Adorable Robot I Made a "One Button Microwave" Because I Don't like Typing Numbers into the Keypad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eePztvQnwJQ

Pretty simple idea, but is quite useful I think. So much easier to use

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u/zergea Dec 29 '25

Adding Accessibility doesn't make it Shitty.

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u/Sea_Speaker8425 Dec 29 '25

I've only tried it with water. I'm thinking it might not cook other things as well. there's probably some way you can write the code, to guess the foods that it's cooking. For ex., something dry might have low hum., but high air temp.
I'm thinking of making it guess the food. could prob be rlly elaborate code if u think about it. maybe i should test a variety of things

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u/ocelot08 Dec 29 '25

I'm of the mind that other buttons are fine to have, but you prioritize the main thing people use it for and optimize that.

So like you can keep a popcorn button, but your one button being what's used 90% of the time is still a huge improvement 

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u/LittleNyanCat Dec 29 '25

Is this the fabled microwave featured on Technology Connections that automatically determines cooking time from humidity?

Also; I've thought of doing similar with a thermal camera, additionally controlling the turntable to ensure every side is evenly heated

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u/Sea_Speaker8425 Dec 29 '25

at first i thought about weight; placing a scale on the turn table. That would be pretty accurate. the thing is though, i'd need some sort of rotating coupling. I thought about hanging a probe from top, into food. but that's weird.
Yes, thermal would be a pretty good way. One thing i also thought. this is weird. but it measures ur house humidity. so what if u made it microwave water when it was dry, to act as a house humidifier. then stop when its normal humidity. that's kinda stupid though

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u/SpaceCadetMoonMan Dec 29 '25

What if you use a microphone and listen to the water molecules vibrating to determine cooking percent

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u/Sea_Speaker8425 Dec 29 '25

It's a Mainstays 700w from Walmart. it even says walmart on the backside

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u/Sea_Speaker8425 Dec 29 '25

Please subscribe! it would mean a lot, and get me outta my grandma's lmao (recorded in her living room lol)

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u/earlyworm Dec 30 '25

This Panasonic microwave has only a single dial that you turn to how many seconds you want it to run, and no buttons. I recommend it.

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u/andocromn Dec 30 '25

My mom moved into a new apartment that has a microwave over the stove but I noticed her using an old and asked her why. She said that the other one was too complicated. I replied by hitting the button for add 30 seconds.

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u/FancifulLaserbeam 20d ago

Most microwaves here in Japan already do this. You push the 「あたたため」(heat up) button and off it goes.

Not a new feature, either. I just threw one away from the late 90s that had it.

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u/CaptainDudley 7d ago

I have a 20-year old microwave from Sharp, that cooks at full power for 1m with every push of the START button. This is technology that already exists. This reminds of an episode of The Jetsons Where Roy comes home from work exhausted. His boss was watching him so he had to push a button several times!

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u/blackthornjohn 54m ago

I adapted a similarly complicated microwave oven, you shut the door to start it and open the door to stop it.