Ernie by Honeybee Robotics -
finally digitized the VHS they sent ROBOEXOTICA a few years back ...
to my knowledge this was the first bartending robot in the strict sense.
(LONG version - including TV clips, which explains the MISLEADING SCREENSHOT of an anim of Honeybee's space-robot)
... http://shifz.blogspot.com/2006/08/worlds-first- cocktailrobot-from-1980s.html
wonder how these did. I guess history speaks for itself, because I've never seen one.
elbethere 3 years ago
today there is one distributor of industrial style built bartending robot cells (motoman). and several other industrial robot manufacturers have pimped their robot arms to bartend at faires (fanuc: fully equipped bar, gracious mixing, abb: pouring beer, there may be more.)
shifzr 3 years ago