Wednesday 2 July 2008

AI 12: Robots become bartenders


PAAL, a German company, has introduced Roboshaker, which is a robotic bartender.
Roboshaker is based on a small robot made by Japan's FANUC and can mix cocktail, server drinks and even clear up afterwards.

Whenever it picks up a can of drink to add to the ingredients, it examines the lid with a camera so that it can work out where to find the ring-pull.

This is another example of robots moving from industrial applications to the highly lucrative service and consumer markets.