Robotic Bartender Assembles Your Drink, Monitors Alcohol Consumption 138
First time accepted submitter Sabine Hauert writes in with news about a robotic bartending system called Makr Shakr. "You're at a busy bar. You order your personalized cocktail through a smart phone app; a drink dispenser measures out the beverage according to your instructions and a Kuka robotic arm give it a shake (or stir), while another garnishes it with a slice of lemon; the made-to-order concoction is delivered to your waiting hand via a slick little ten-lane conveyor belt. The 'mixology system' tracks your order from start to finish: a large display behind the bar shows you the number of drinks ahead of yours in the queue, the current wait time, and lets you know when your drink is ready to be picked up. It also shows you what's popular to drink tonight among both the ladies and the gents in the crowd, and lets you influence drinking trends in real-time by incorporating your suggested tweaks on popular recipes."
Another job is lost. (Score:5, Funny)
How realistic can it get? (Score:4, Funny)
Will it pretend to ignore you while hitting on a co-ed at the end of the bar? I really won't feel comfortable unless it tries to short me change and hope I'm too drunk to notice, then give me a dirty look when I skimp on the tip.
Re:Another job is lost. (Score:2, Funny)
Head hanging low, the ex-bartender heads down to the welfare office to apply for the entitlement.
Not a chance in hell. Not until they make a realistic looking cleavage on that bartender!
That's quite a dystopia you've got there. (Score:5, Funny)
Jesus Christ on a stick! an iPhone app? Who the fuck wants to order drinks with a motherfucking iPhone app? What's wrong with using my god damned voice to order my fucking drinks? Who wants to know how many other drinks and in the fucking queue? Do you really think I want to know what horse piss the other doucebags are putting in their drinks?
What makes you imagine I want some machine tracking my drinking habits, much less to be made aware of it?
# profanity off
Why would I want to go to a BAR to avoid SOCIAL INTERACTION with OTHER PEOPLE?
Re:That's quite a dystopia you've got there. (Score:3, Funny)
What's wrong with using my god damned voice to order my fucking drinks?
siri, please get me a rum and coke. OK! I have found 12 places named Rumco, 3 of which are fairly close to you. would you like me to get directions for you?