Research I came across.

"Noodles are one of the most difficult foods for a robot to handle due to their shape, flexibility and tendency to intertwine. A general method of a robotic aid enabling a quadriplegic to eat Japanese noodles in broth has been investigated."

Noodles handled by a robot
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Too much 3%
Appropriate or less 76%
None 21%
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http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/se/~tejima/theme-e.html#noodle