Robot barista serves coffee at CES

[@SleeplessnightSun]

As an introvert, I’m in love with this idea.

[@drmodestoesq]

There's nothing new under the sun. Back in my day there was a coffee machine in my local bus station. You just put 25 cents in and it made you a magnificent cup of fresh brewed coffee.

[@angelsv]

I used to work in an airport as a mechanic providing maintenance to aeroplanes, anyway, one night I went to buy a coffee in one of those coffee machines you're talking about, to my surprise though, the coffee was topped with some delicious small cockroaches, never bought again.

[@The_Funguseater]

@@angelsv Ours always came with a generous dusting of Chicken soup mix...

[@The_Quaalude]

Your boomer life sounds horrible

[@zvvl3465]

My favorite part is how slow it moves 😂

[@CatsInHats-S.CrouchingTiger]

He’s definitely cute.

[@james_giant_peach]

He’s doing the best he can I’m sure they don’t want to burn him out😂

[@CatsInHats-S.CrouchingTiger]

@@james_giant_peach we could learn to take our time doing things, immerse in the process, to be present would give much fulfillment and joy. His motions seem full of hope. 😌🥰

[@oldschoolel]

I am not tipping. And there better not be a tip applied, either.

[@brendawilliams8832]

A barista could have made 5 coffees compared to 1 from the robot.

[@james_giant_peach]

Yeah but they complain a lot, also you pay for this thing ones and it works forever

[@hostilebogeyinbound]

Right now it's slower. Not for long.

[@ItsMeChillTyme]

Guess what the barista is not doing when this robot is there. Guess how long this robot can work for. Guess how precise this robot can be. Guess how fast you can retrain this robot. Guess how many raises it's gonna ask for. Guess if it's gonna join some union or not. Boomer ahh comment.

[@Burnlit1337]

Well, a vending machine coffee/drink maker can make, I think around, 3-4 drinks in the same time frame.

[@saramae9878]

@@james_giant_peach It's hard to see the advantage of this over a vending machine style coffee dispenser

[@FMFvideos]

A coffee with no soul.. and no spit.

[@tipsyredrooster1269]

Doesn't beat the warm, inviting, interaction of my local coffee shop barista. Nowadays more then ever, I'm embracing human connection that's kindhearted.

[@gilberttorres8]

Though humans can also express anger towards customers which can damage company brand reputation . Robots will not

[@rabidgoon]

what if the robot offers to take you into the bathroom for a hand job?

[@WalrusQuake]

@@gilberttorres8 Robots can evoke a lot of frustration though. Giant self checkout can explode with one wrong move, leading to an extra 5 minutes of waiting for "help." I can imagine a similar scenario where someone orders a drink from the robot and it either gives them the wrong drink or it never even ends up making it. What happens next when human intervention is needed? Does it disrupt anyone else's drinks, slowing down the process further? Viable robot baristas are still a ways off given the current state of customer service robots. Also any barista getting hostile towards your average customer should be fired.

[@ItsMeChillTyme]

Yea it'll become a luxury, about the experience. Like anything that is hand made even though it can technically be made in the factory.

[@switch1237]

I agree

[@jazziez6467]

does it go into the fridge or storage room if it runs out of something

[@switch1237]

That's a great question

[@petercook3143]

OK, great that means me as the customer can expect the price to be cheaper. If it isnt, I will go to a coffee shop with a human barista. Good luck Marketing director.

[@SuperEman500]

I mean, you'll never have to pay a tip anymore.

[@ItsMeChillTyme]

@@SuperEman500 The thing I'm looking forward to the most. That and never seeing any articles about "muh worker wage, life, healthcare, blablabla" nonsense.

[@saramae9878]

@@ItsMeChillTymeYou...are tired of humans wanting life and healthcare?

[@saramae9878]

Lol, it won't be cheaper for the customer. It will just increase profits for shareholders and further increase inequality

[@BFDT-4]

Spot on, Peter!

[@Kylelongwest]

Still slower than human

[@Patrick19833]

Give it time. It's work in progress. It will improve and become faster.

[@james_giant_peach]

I’m sure he’s trying his best I remember when I was a barista 😂

[@CatsInHats-S.CrouchingTiger]

Adam is better at serving coffee than I am! I splatter the wall tiles all the time. 🤣

[@cre8iveone699]

Yes but does the robot have a degree in Liberal Arts or Gender Studies like real Baristas do?

[@optroncordian7863]

Could be programmed ... ;)

[@YogaGaiart]

This is huge coffee machine 😅

[@hdtravel1]

That robot is cool and awesome !!

[@ryanmullins2103]

I hope they don’t expect tips…

[@switch1237]

😂❤

[@AndrewCastellanoReal]

So cool to be living in star wars

[@zshark365]

$180,000? What does it cost to repair when it inevitably has an issue.

[@RandoCommenter123]

Maybe the same company that has hog tied McDonald's shake machines can do the servicing.

[@zshark365]

@@RandoCommenter123 🤣

[@switch1237]

Fantastic comment ❤

[@Silentsister]

That's all great and all - in real time? Wow. That line of coffee consumers is going to get pretty long and impatient . It will be lunch time before the first morning coffee!

[@lancereagan3046]

So have 2 "ADAMS" side by side. That'll speed things up!

[@Silentsister]

@@lancereagan3046 😂😂

[@Silentsister]

@@lancereagan3046 I wonder how they will be during the rush?? 😂😂

[@nicolem889]

So its a coffee maker that takes orders and has arms

[@maxinewest4096]

Sad situation with robots doing the work of humans,, this just make more people poorer.

[@james_giant_peach]

Not if we tax the owner to make up for the lack of employment.

[@ItsMeChillTyme]

You can say the same about machines. All machines do work what humans did. This comment would be carried to you on an animal by some dude over a month across many lands just to think. What a shallow thought.

[@weho_brian]

now it needs the brain of the first AGI

[@ocsrc]

If they can cut the price in half they will sell a ton of these to Starbucks

[@joefilter2923]

This is what scientists and engineers in the Idiocracy are doing! I think we need to reevaluate what is smart.

[@CoreyL-vd9ts]

Cool. It’s almost like a kuerig with arms that has ChatGPT installed

[@TheDAT573]

Awesome! Make this happen soon.

[@amarraj8201]

How to buy it?

[@johnminogue8055]

What’s wrong with this picture. How many difffrent ways can we destroy the human spirit. And everybody is just intrigued by it. Wow 😮!

[@NickDrinksWater]

I saw something similar to this at a mall the other week, but it was just a small arm doing everything lol

[@ItsMeChillTyme]

Yea singapore has had those arm kiosks for lots of things since 3 years now. This just seems to be a two armed version of that. I'm not sure the bot is required for this task. Preprogrammed routes for an arm would be much better.

[@adamafam4412]

Don't make fun of the disabled. 😢

[@eltreum1]

So at current min wage it pays for itself in 4~5 years, but if you replaced 2 employees that cuts that time in half. A bulk purchase and service contract could probably get that unit price down a chunk. Precision actuators are not cheap but do not require much maintenance and can be refurbished instead of thrown away in many wear use cases. They would have to have a 10 year service life to be worth it.

[@SleeplessnightSun]

I’m so ready to have a robot companion to help complete day to day tasks.

[@Furball2k]

Now what will gender studies majors do for a living?

[@AIHahb]

robot coffee barista is the future.

[@user-rl5nd3ys8p]

Coffee without the pro nouns .

[@Dynomite611]

Does he get regular breaks?

[@maestrovso]

No every 15 minutes breaks. No need to unionize. No demand for better working conditions. No demand customers give generous tips on top of the high price drinks. No demand for 35 hours work week with 40 hours pay.

[@Dynomite611]

@@maestrovsobeautiful thing for the owner and robot manufacturer. One food for thought is for businesses utilizing AI and robots. Would the government allow the bypass of employment taxes?

[@nolonger9112]

Starbucks worker gonna crazy with that. High cost at beginning but never complain on working condition, raise salary demand ever...

[@RandoCommenter123]

Can it wear a pair of Chucks, have a nosering and blue hair and want to unionize? You want it to be authentic...

[@espressomatic]

CES is always full of terrible ideas on display. This might be this year's winner. They should have made a robot that literally burns money, instead of figuratively.

[@armanabelino7517]

Amazing the evolution has been going on.

[@melissabogolubov6248]

I’ll NEVER buy coffee from a robot. Y’all should think long and hard about this. If the companies are so inhuman, you’re not allowed to be a barista anymore, what ARE you allowed to do? They’re replacing us with these robots, all while still making rent $2,000 plus a month. THINK people, before it’s way too late.

[@nicolem889]

can you please just give the woman her $15 an hour

[@ryanmullins2103]

Not good, it may be cool to watch this but overall outcome is bad for every day workers.

[@andyeccentric]

It's like a vending machine, only way slower and more expensive. His job Chinese inventor guy

[@armageddonready4071]

If it’s a robot, then it can have more than just two arms.

[@ocsrc]

How soon can I order 5 of these for my store ??!!

[@calvinchew7985]

How difficult it is to make your own coffee/tea drinks ? Why bother a robot which can be put to better use ?!

[@jbutera6215]

Human baristas are so much faster, well most.

[@ItsMeChillTyme]

For how long? Ever think of that?

[@LilianaCavaliereTheBestMusic]

Sento spesso dire che il progresso aiuterà l'uomo, lo sosterrà nel suo lavoro... per quanto mi riguarda, questo tipo di progresso e altri usi programmati per i robot, non aiutano ma sostituiscono e sostituire, significa perdita di posti di lavoro in tantissimi settori.

[@toes6018]

Human can learn from this robot to become a barista and then put the robot in storage room

[@一戴一露-v6q]

cyberpunk usa😂

[@bingbong9076]

This isnt cute, this is more people losing work when theres already so little to go around. Something needs to be done about robot and AI "workers"

[@dillonhodges140]

look how slow that mf is, he isn't stealing anyones job as CES is meant to display new tech.

[@NHLblkgurl]

Like state bureaucrats being lobbied to cherry pick and FORCE only a certain sector of the economy to pay workers $20 min wage, where you get THIS response by companies? (Funny how things aren’t always black and white like corrupt politicians make them out to be, huh? )

[@james_giant_peach]

I mean this isn’t valuable work though. You can’t afford to survive on a barista salary. Maybe we should learn to tax businesses owners at a higher rate to make up for the lost employment?

[@MartinPHE]

Sky news cannot afford to translate, wow

[@williamhenry9705]

Will ADAM make 20 bucks an hour in Cali???

[@RJ-ml4jt]

Stock plummeted 80% yesterday lol

[@johnbaldwin2766]

Coffee robot machine

[@IanCthrwd]

Oh brother…now program it to clean up and wash the glasses while your at it. Humans are getting lazier.

[@andyeccentric]

For a quarter million dollars you too can have a multi-elbowed fat robot very slowly pour one container of liquid into another

[@BFDT-4]

Sí, Adam quiero leche de cabra en mi cortado. Y, menos agua y más café. Pronto, Adam? Y qué tal tu día? ;)

[@ONE_DEEP]

Yeh but this thing aint fuckable like a barista lol

[@Nonameforyoudangit]

No thank you.

[@MenurAbdela]

Shemse ❤qemer ❤

[@switch1237]

Interesting

[@burgewo]

Sky net

[@bombaybeach208]

No human connection.

[@SuperEman500]

No tips needed, you pay coffee + tax.

[@NicoleLorre]

cool

[@maxrox2363]

Awesome.

[@Were-re2rs]

❤wo, avoid tip & spit ❤

[@kingstonstreet3726]

He is too big and slow send Adam to the gym

[@afiasheikh416]

Whata the point of having a robot instead of human?? Does it help humanity in any way??

[@SuperEman500]

You pay for coffee and tax only, no tips needed anymore.

[@joefilter2923]

It helps the wealthiest 1 percent

[@maestrovso]

Starbucks can replace the entitled push-a-button "baristas" with these.

[@ItsMeChillTyme]

"B..bu...but what about the "warmth" that you feel from a human mispelling your name, dude?" idiots in this comment section be like.

[@joefilter2923]

I hope those unemployed button pushers come after you after retraining to be lawyers.

[@ItsMeChillTyme]

@@joefilter2923 imagine thinking this... like believing people hopping the border to be rocket scientists.

[@weekendadventures6234]

Cup of warmth?

[@treefrog123a]

Nah too slow

[@nikkivan9419]

😂 nobody working in a future good 👍

[@Bright123-fp3jl]

>>

[@kaduoliveira3710]

Sociedade 6.0 / Automação com o 5G.

[@tronseptentrion3387]

Slow

[@daviddiaz9282]

El mi sin azucar

[@657spy]

Keep raising minimum wage, this is what you will get. People are a pain in the @ss. 🤔X