Are robots ready for dumpling challenge?

Renowned food company Wufangzhai wants to boost productivity and efficiency by using machines to wrap its famed dumplings, igniting debate about whether technology is making humans redundant.

Hu Jianmin is known as the "chief hereditary craftsman" of wrapping rice dumplings, a skill that was in 2011 listed as a national intangible cultural heritage, alongside the creation of qipao dresses and the construction of Shanghai lane houses.

Hu spent three years mastering the various steps in the process, from how he should butcher a pig to how to best fry red-bean paste to steaming rice. Today, the 55-year-old can wrap three dumplings a minute.