We’ve had coffee machines for decades. A robotic arm to serve them is not useful for us.
We’ve had coffee machines for decades. A robotic arm to serve them is not useful for us.
The generic robot arm is generic but expensive.
I saw this with incredibly expensive robotic arms on a recent cruise. It was actually very very flexible -- all options were external to the arm, and cheap:
https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/category/category/bionic-...
It was a very popular bar on the cruise ship in terms of drinks sold -- but it was also in a prime location. The cruise ship properly understood that these "bionic bar" robots were a performance.
I like the idea, but that's a lot of up-front expense and still requires humans, electricity, repair, and lacks customizability and speed. If they can bring the cost down it seems like a viable option. Except... how do you not serve people who are already intoxicated? How do you check id (make sure they aren't scanning a friends)? And I guess you aren't building loyalty, which bartenders often do.
This is not just vending machine coffee.