Future Tech: Coffee Bot Coming to a Starbucks Near You Soon!
Well we've seen them flip burgers, pick tomatos and even do backflips so why wouldn't they be able to make a good ole' cup of joe for us in the morning?
Well what if I told you there's a robot barista named "Sawyer" that can make a great cup of coffee for you in Tokyo? Do I have your attention yet? Just drop by the Henn-na Cafe in Tokyo on to get a nice hot latte from Sawyer. The cafe's robot barista brews and serves coffee which may not be such a bad thing considering the rapidly aging country seeks to adapt to a shrinking workforce.
So it works like this... First the single-armed robot scans a ticket purchased from a vending machine. Then it greets the customer.
"Would you care for a delicious coffee?" the barista, with a screen showing a pair of cartoon eyes, asks in a flat tone. "I can make one better than human beings around here."
Sounding a bit surreal yet? We'll I'd imagine it would be quite surreal if you were being served your morning coffee for the first time by a robot. In a few years from now it'll be business as usual I'd expect!
It grinds the coffee beans, fills a filter and pours hot water over a paper cup for up to five people at once. A cup of brewed coffee costs 320 yen (about $3.59 Cdn) and takes a few minutes.
Sawyer can also operate an automated machine for six other hot drinks including cappuccino, hot chocolate and green tea latte.
Well it doesn't actually make the latte but rather is able to operate a machine that can make it before serving it to you. Still, its a move towards that goal of a fully automated android barrista.
Do you wonder how the local population is getting on with this robot? Well, Takeshi Yamamoto, a 68-year-old restaurant employee who works in the neighbourhood, said he really enjoyed visiting the robot cafe and also thought his robot-made coffee was delicious.
"It's quite rich, and tastes very good," Yamamoto said, as he took a sip. "You can get machine-made coffee at convenience stores, too, and it's actually good. But here, I had great fun.
What do you guys think about robot made coffee? I rather like talking with a human barrista myself, they are often quite funny and witty. Part of the experience of going to a cafe is the interaction you have with the person making your coffee and personally I'd rather prefer that experience remain human!
Please leave your thoughts and reactions below.
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Robot makes coffee at new cafe in Tokyo - CBC News
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I'd rather pay more and be served by a real person.
Let’s start with the “bot barista” design. Whose idea was it to go with the most aesthetically displeasing and cumbersome design in the history of robotics?
Imagine if this thing was adopted by your local trendy/edgy coffee shop. What was once a bustling metropolis of hipsters, poets and socially conscious fashion influencers would instantly become a distant memory and quickly replaced with corporate entities ready to ogle at the new “innovation”.
And the iPad with some gif eyes to, you know, give it that “human touch” is just the winning centrepiece. Man, can we just keep the baristas where they belong for now please skynet? You’ll have your chance for world domination but just let us enjoy our coffee first.
Good thoughts here! Humans are always going to make a better cup of joe!
Ok, you've got a great point here! It does look completely silly and I don't know who in their right mind would prefer this over a cute girl serving you your coffee. I'd like to enjoy my coffee as well and the human barrista experience I do believe is an important part of that!
Really hope that at least this bot can write my name correct on a cup😂
It would be hard pressed to find enough room to write @cryptomoneymade on the cup unless it got creative!
I drink only large ones😂
Robot make me a coffee?
Sounds innovative though but I rather go with a human who can talk with me.
Robots are really replacing humans in the labour market.
It's awful!!!
They really are Micky! We must face this new world bravely and continue to be vigilant in speaking out when it comes to topics that have just taken things way too far!
it is awesome
Yeah more robots are coming in place of human employees
They have already replaced the works in the factories where you see only machines and high tech robots doing the work
Now they may be able to replace the workers in franchise restaurant
That's going to be not good for those employees
Yes because in this time modern technology is peresent in our country 50 percent robort are working in factories and houses
Technology absolutely amazes me. The question is, what is the human race goong to do with all these advances?
Habría que probarlo para ver que tal.
Great to see this outstanding Robot how many price will of this robot and whatvis name of company which make this mind-blowing robot and thanks for sharing such outstanding post @techblogger