Robot bartender can't offer shoulder to cry on

Via Liveleak.

[#1 posted by Random_Tangent , October 29, 2008 3:57 PM]

Very clever. It's way cheaper to program him to think he's being tipped than to actually do it.

[#2 posted by paul m doherty , October 29, 2008 3:57 PM]

http://www.asahibeer.co.uk/selfridges/index.html

and

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fishandchinkers/479645766/in/set-72157600163335852/

[#3 posted by beerorkid , October 29, 2008 8:58 PM]

Shocked this vid spread so much. Orig at vimeo in better quality. http://vimeo.com/2074875?pg=embed&sec=2074875

It spends its days welding, but for 3 days a year it pours beer from Empyrean Ales here in Lincoln Nebraska during the open house. TMCO is one block from my house and they have so much cool stuff. Laser cutting robots, metal punching stuff. They do lots of parts for big name brands and run the largest powdercoating place in the area.

[#4 posted by craiig , October 30, 2008 11:23 AM]

Are you saying that if I don't tip this thing, it's going to weld me?

[#5 posted by keef , October 30, 2008 2:44 PM]

A couple college acquaintances of mine put together a "robot" bartender:

http://www.barmonkey.net/

It could actually mix basic drinks, but it couldn't weld when it wasn't dispensing alcohol. Also it didn't ask for tips, it kept a tab that the operators would collect from you on a monthly basis.