NEWS: Robot Bartender: Send in 36 tokens

GEEK: Robot Bartender: Send in 36 tokens

We've seen before that scientists in the electronic and robotics field enjoy a drink or two, but a beer company from Japan is now giving away a robotic bartender. Asahi is giving away 5,000 of these robots. The robot can store 6 cans of beer in its belly, and will pour you one at the touch of a button.

The device is hardly at the level of Rosie from The Jetsons. The robotic vacumn cleaner Roomba is more sophisticated and a damn sight more useful, but the beer-bots are a good gimic for the company and goes one step further than mini-fridges. Hell, in twenty years time, a robotic bartender may just refuse to serve you and ask you to bite his shiny metal ass.

Can it make sake bombs?

is this like a Golden Ticket thing, or are the tokens just like proof of purchases?

because I would be drinking Asahi like crazy to get one of those things.

I am a bartender.

Observe this photo I took during my last shift



Note the book to the right entitled "A ROBOT INSTEAD."

This book, which I obtained at the thrift for a quarter

description copied off the back

"Sonny gets some bad news. He's going to be laid off at the auto plant! After all those years of drilling bolt holes, he's going to be replaced by a robot. Sonny is hurt, angry.....and scared."

I say to Japan, I a msmart, psychic, on to all of your tricks always and I could never be replaced.

NO fucking robot could EVAR work in my bar.

Remember that episode of the Futurama

in which we see Bender SHIT an actual brick???

The robot who dares to replace me will shit that robotic brick.

Bartenders of the world unite



If this image cuts off it says "This was supposed to be THE future."

There will be no robot bartenders who could never mix shit in the ways we humans do

until the above mentioned demands are met first.

I am sick of saying it

Relax, sweetie, and read the article. It's a toy that brings you a can of beer or soda on command, not an actual replacement for bartenders.

Hell no don't take us there ever

This is outrageous

Current Events boards, you bow to my fury

THIS TOPIC IS THE DAUGHTER OF A WHORE to quote the Hussein guy

I still hold the above mentioned demands


I am also being vaguely sarcastic in my ignorance


Wait but I AM THE TOY that brings the stuff on command. You know that alcoholics can be very rude. I am sorry for this outburst! I love Japan.

[Edited on Jan 29, 2006 by 4Stella4Star]

Actually, I think a robot bartender could be highly efficient. Even if you taught it to recognize the voice commands of every possible common mixed drink, that's only a few thousand commands, much easier than an entire language. And mixing predetermined amounts of things according to a predetermined recipe would be something a robot could handle just fine.

Especially if it had a human operator who just told the machine -- which need not resemble anything more than a spigot -- what to make and then served the results to the right person, it would still probably be faster than the current system.

Sake bombs are the past. MonsterSakes are the now and the future.

(MonsterSakes were invented 01/29/06, sometime in the very early AM hours, by SexyBeast and CineMonk. MonsterSakes are made by dropping a shot of hot sake into a glass with cold Monster energy drink, then chugging. The exact amount of Monster has not been measured, but it would be about equal to half a can of Redbull.)


4Stella4Star, your posts, comments and journals are always great and enjoyable.

Of course you'd only think of using a robot bartender in a bar/club where it's packed three deep 360 degrees around the bar with people ordering drinks, so there's not really any social element missing, just the need to get more drinks fast.

This reminds me of the AI Bar.

I think these are fine points but what about the robot who would assist at a bar in the 'hood, like with me? I get asked if we sell blunts. I am asked every week by men who don't speak any English if I am married. That's the only English sentence sometimes and often.

I think it would be good though, as an assistant for me in particular. I would teach my robot to respond for me

"YES THAT IS A ONE OUNCE SHOT no she ain't being stingy."

"No we do not carry blunts, Newports and please stop leaving empty dimebags in the bathroom."

"Yes we have Mad Dog."

"Shit bitch, thank you. Yes her ass is ALL natural fat. And no she has STILL never had sex with a brother."

"Dag. You look nice tonight, too."

My robot would be called Babydoll Boo the Second. After me.

That's exactly the sort of thing I was thinking of.

Blow me if I'm wrong but you have a hot wife, don't you? Shit.

By the way, I avoid the current events board due to what you see here.

I came here in search of something to comment upon the latest Hussein outburst. Where is it? But I am spent, this is way better almost. Not as offensive as Hussein but cute.

I would love a robot to serve while singing Nick Cave's "Brother, My Cup Is Empty" whilst being creepy and sexy like Cave

how bout they hook up the monkey bartender with the animatronic chimpanzee head?
FUN!

Apparently, they haven't read Bokko-chan.

Robot, ich liebe dich.

I welcome our new Robot Bartender Overlords.

I do NOT have a hot wife.

Make w/the blowing.

-TM

The entire Bokononian society as written by Lord Kurt Vonnegut was recently proven to in fact be a movement comprised of robots

TM,

How about you make with the breathalizer and blow me right you know where. You know what a "warmie" is right?

I know it turns you on.

they already have robot bartenders at a lot of airports and corporate happy good time 'a place for fun' type places. they look like people but when you order a drink you will notice that they remove the bottle from the shelf, attach a computer to the end of it and press a button which measures out an exact 1.45 oz serving of alcohol. you will also notice the robot saying things like 'why not make it a double for only $4.00 more'? and 'why not order a basket of potato cheese bacon bowls'?

BarMonkey is better.