Robohub.org
 

Bartending bots are a popular niche at RoboGames | Wall Street Journal

by
22 April 2015



share this:

“Most bartending robots are dispensing-machines. I wanted to make mine more than that,” said ThinBot co-creator Kevin Roche, a 54-year-old International Business Machines Corp. research scientist who sported a “Make Drinks Not War” T-shirt at a recent RoboGames competition.

Cocktail robots, as they’re also known, were just one category vying in the “Olympics of Robots,” a competition better known for machines that can tear each other’s heads off.

The bartending niche is more delicate, but it does break into two feuding camps. On one side are the mavericks like Mr. Roche who see these machines more as performance art, profit be damned. On the other side are the pragmatists and would-be tech moguls who see robot bartenders as the next big thing—if only they can work out the kinks, of which there are many.

Hallie Siegel’s insight:
See also: Robotic bartender assembles personalized drinks, monitors alcohol consumption, and takes social mixing to a whole new level




Hallie Siegel robotics editor-at-large
Hallie Siegel robotics editor-at-large





Related posts :



Online hands-on science communication training – sign up here!

Find out how to communicate about your work with experts from Robohub, AIhub, and IEEE Spectrum.
13 November 2024, by

Robot Talk Episode 97 – Pratap Tokekar

In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Pratap Tokekar from the University of Maryland about how teams of robots with different capabilities can work together.
08 November 2024, by

Robot Talk Episode 96 – Maria Elena Giannaccini

In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Maria Elena Giannaccini from the University of Aberdeen about soft and bioinspired robotics for healthcare and beyond.
01 November 2024, by

Robot Talk Episode 95 – Jonathan Walker

In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Jonathan Walker from Innovate UK about translating robotics research into the commercial sector.
25 October 2024, by

Robot Talk Episode 94 – Esyin Chew

In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Esyin Chew from Cardiff Metropolitan University about service and social humanoid robots in healthcare and education.
18 October 2024, by

Robot Talk Episode 93 – Matt Beane

In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Matt Beane from the University of California, Santa Barbara about how humans can learn to work with intelligent machines.
11 October 2024, by





Robohub is supported by:




Would you like to learn how to tell impactful stories about your robot or AI system?


scicomm
training the next generation of science communicators in robotics & AI


©2024 - Association for the Understanding of Artificial Intelligence


 












©2021 - ROBOTS Association