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A robot arm that is generic is actually quite useful. Because you can build stuff around it that it can use. You want more milk types, you just add more milk

A robot arm that is generic is actually quite useful. Because you can build stuff around it that it can use. You want more milk types, you just add more milk nozzles that it can access, and these are just containers or cheep non-moving things. 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-bar 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.

ashelmire 8y ago
That's pretty cool. Apparently the bionic bar costs about 100,000 euros and still requires a human for constant attention. It also appears that they charge 1 euro per cocktail that it makes even when you buy the machine? https://www.makrshakr.com/makr-shakr-3-0/ https://www.makrshakr.com/makr-shakr-3-0/ 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.