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I actually used one of these when I visited San Francisco a couple of years back (I think it was at an AMC IMAX?). As everyone has already said, this is a coffe

by dastx 8y ago

I actually used one of these when I visited San Francisco a couple of years back (I think it was at an AMC IMAX?). As everyone has already said, this is a coffee machine with a $25,000 arm that moves the cup. I was super excited when I saw it and my inner kid came and met my inner coffee love. After I paid for the coffee, I was super disappointed that it simply moved the cup and nothing else. I don't know what I was expecting but I sure as hell was extremely disappointed.

anonfunction 8y ago
Yeah I used it there as well, it's at The Metreon mall. I was also surprised they had to have an employee next to the thing in case it breaks.
- stackola 8y ago
  So instead of having one person and one coffee machine, we now have one person, one coffee machine and a robot arm. The future truly is now.
  - stackola 8y ago
    To add to that, they possibly also upgraded their employee from a Barista ($25k) to a robotics engineer ($100k+)
  - duskwuff 8y ago
    "The ideal flight crew is one pilot and one dog. The pilot is there to feed the dog. The dog is there to bite the pilot if he touches anything."