The Robot of The Week Serves Cold Beer
July 13, 2010 by Keenan
Filed under Apartment Living
The Jetsons started the idea of servant Robots, Bender on Futurama took it to another level with Beer and now Willow Garage has brought it to reality. Beer Me Robot- a Robot that serves cold beer.
With so many new digital gadgets and all of these innovative ways of using technology what could possibly be the best way to use this technology? Over at Popsci they have a Robot of The Week where they feature some of the most interesting working robots in existence today. Willow Garage was recognized for the Beer-Me-Bot last week.
The PR2 Robot that fetches beer from the refrigerator.
Willow Garage thought how good it would be to have a robot that could fetch beer. There goal was to make beer fetching as robust and user-friendly as possible. With so much brain power and technology I’m still not surprised that a real life Bender is the result.
It is quite amazing to have an idea, no matter how goofy it is, then use technology to actually make it happen. I could just imagine some evenings on Friday’s working late in the office wishing that you had an ice cold one to sit back with. No one may feel like getting up but every one wants a drink. No worries here comes Beer Me Robot to the rescue!
Just watch this video and tell us what you think. I think it’s great that this robot works properly but it just baffles me to see such great technology used on something so senseless. The guys at Willow Garage can afford to build a robotic beer server but can they afford to build something that would contribute more significantly to our society or more positively in our economy?
Robotic equipment that can serve beer? See for yourself.
