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http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/12/08/cocktail.robot.reut/index.html

Would you like some more? </robot voice>

That would be now.

That would be now.

The future = the present!?!?!?!?!?! uh-oh there must be some kind of anomilie in the time/space continuum [/star trek]

It's pretty cool though.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/12/08/cocktail.robot.reut/index.html

Would you like some more? </robot voice>

I like the idea, especially for busy meat market BS bars that charge $5 for a cocktail with human tenders that shortpour. I work in the industry, and I hear all about it from the bartenders I've worked with.

"I only pour half shots, and no one knows."

I for one welcome the metal ones behind the bar of the future.

Does this mean that the future really became electronic/supersonic?

Now you can have your drinks with that oily taste!

I like the idea, especially for busy meat market BS bars that charge $5 for a cocktail with human tenders that shortpour. I work in the industry, and I hear all about it from the bartenders I've worked with.

"I only pour half shots, and no one knows."

I for one welcome the metal ones behind the bar of the future.

and a robot can't learn how to shortpour if they know it means their owner may grease their palms.

Dude, that's nothing...

http://www.roboticslab.org/html/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=2
Robotic research spawns the most remarkable machines attempting to emulate the ideal of the human being. Hondas Asimo walks clumsily about the world, the Anthropos robot of the European Media Lab is trying to pick up contact with human beings, the MIT's Kismet is making funny faces to people looking at it.

These robots show some features which are very typical for the human being: social interaction, bipedal walking, vision, intelligence (of course only in a basic form in comparison). But something is missing, something other than the lower complexity and performance of these robots' human features, something fundamental. What makes them so different from human beings? Or the other way round: what is it that makes humanity human?

Science and industry build robots for the advantage of humans. Robots should be our intelligent, cheap workers and adjutants. But humanity is not profitable for any other species. In fact, isn't mankind's most striking feature the pursuit of its own advantage, its impetus the interest in itself?

The Bar Bot is driven by self interest. Its aim is to drink beer. In order to achieve this goal in bars, the social beer consumption localities of human society, it also deals with money. It asks people for coins and spends them as soon as there is enough for a beer. The Bar Bot is not beneficial for humanity. Rather, it maximises the advantage for itself, like humanity. But to pursue its own, highly selfish objectives, it depends on others: somebody has to give it coins, somebody has to hand it a beer. This is where it engages in communication, in social interaction with human beings. The Bar Bot is driven by self interest, it interacts socially with humans and is predisposed to alcohol. The Bar Bot is probably the most humanoid robot ever built.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xypy61_GB_c

ICCD-Intracircumcordei;12059330']and a robot can't learn how to shortpour if they know it means their owner may grease their palms.

The only way to avoid that would be to have the robots controlled by the state liquor control boards. Like video poker. An owner will always find a way to get over, but with that it'll be more difficult. Perhaps difficult enough to make it not worth it from that angle. Then they'll have to charge more for other stuff....

Its aim is to drink beer. In order to achieve this goal in bars, the social beer consumption localities of human society, it also deals with money. It asks people for coins and spends them as soon as there is enough for a beer.

I've been rendered obsolete! :eek:

I've been rendered obsolete! :eek:

Oh, that happened years ago.

Oh, that happened years ago.

curse you impotence!

I won't be happy until I see:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/710000/images/_711715_cp_d2.jpg

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a midget and lanky guy in C3PO and R2D2 outfits, where was you on Halloween?