This Heineken Bot” was made by the folks at Middlesex University and he recently showed up at the Kinetica Art Fair in London. If humans move their hands above its sonar-sensing head, and then place a cup in its holder they will be rewarded with some beer.
After he serves up the good stuff, he continues to wander along a pre-programmed path, waiting on others.
The game is called “Adult Mario.” It was created for Austria’s Roboexotica “cocktailrobotics” hour, and it puts a new spin on the old Mario game, rewarding you with booze and sensory feedback. Forget the feedback, it’s the booze we are interested in.
For example, running around gets you a fan gently blowing in your face, but when you break blocks, vanquishing enemies and hit that the end-of-the-level flag pole, you get rum and coke. Only soda in the video above though.
SOBEaR v02 :: the responsible robot bartender from j saavedra on Vimeo.
We’ve seen plenty of robot bartenders in the past, but none as adorable as SOBEaR. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this bartender before once or twice myself, when the pink elephants appeared.
It’s a “robot friend for anyone who does not know their own limits, or has problems controlling themselves,”. In other words, this cute little bot dispenses drinks based on the user’s blood-alcohol level. The idea is that you breathe into his face, and he pours the right ratio of alcohol into your glass. This panda will cut you off. Bastard.
Two things that go together. Beer and robots. Heineken knows this. So check out this commercial that uses both to get your attention. You’ll want a walk-in fridge too.
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Remember Bar2D2? He was pretty busy yesterday serving up booze and putting on a show. Jamie Price got more than he bargained for for this droid.
In Vienna, Austria, they’ve combined two awesome things. Booze and robots. That’s the premise behind the Roboexotica festival in Vienna, Austria.
The video features some pretty freaky goings on. It’s exactly the kind of stuff that you would think happens when you combine beer with DIY robotics. Therefore it’s slightly unsafe for work. Maybe. Then again, maybe you should be working in a setting that is more open to such things as alcohol coming out of a fake penis and giant robots telling you to suck it.
Remember the Bar2-D2 Beer Serving Droid? He’s back. This time on video. As you can see all of the part goers worship the droid. He’s the life of the party and his lights make him ideal for raves and such. You gotta love a beer droid.
Beer pouring robot at TMCO open house from beerorkid on Vimeo.
TMCO is a manufacturer of metal products in Lincoln, Nebraska. Not the first place that comes to mind hen you think robotics. But here is one of its factory robots dressed up in a shirt and tie and taught to man a set of beer taps. It even asks for tips afterwards. Probably a new robot strategy where they are trying to kill our ecomony one tip at a time.
The craziest application built for Pownce yet? This my friends is a robot that pours beer when sent a Pownce message! It may be the best thing ever. All it takes is a quick post from your iPhone and the robot pours a nice cold beer. The Lego Mindstorms robot was created by Matt Reid for Barcamp Nashville. Sweet!
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