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Beer Opening and Pouring Robot is the Pinnacle of Human Achievement
Posted by Adam Frucci at 11:15 AM on December 22, 2007
There are plenty of robots out there that claim to benefit humanity, whether they're helping with surgery or shooting terrorists in the face, but I mean, where's the immediate benefit to me in those situations? I need immediate gratification, preferably in beer form. That's why I nominate this robot as the official Gizmodo Best Robot Made to Benefit Humanity in Terms of Direct Impact on Humans: it opens and pours beers all by itself! Well, don't that beat all! [TechEBlog]
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OMG!!! Ponies!!!
Posted 7:24 PM 21/12/07
Great. The robots will ply us with alcohol before the sudden and inevitable betrayal.
Don't you see what the plan is? The robots will get us into a beer-induced stupor before going all "Kill All Humans" on us. This is one of the final pieces in their devious binary plan.
OMG!!! Ponies!!!
SonOfMagicFact
Posted 7:23 PM 21/12/07
I for one welcome our new robot publican overlords. Please bring beer.
SonOfMagicFact
masteryong
Posted 7:20 PM 21/12/07
Benders new best friend!
masteryong
jawzxy
Posted 8:19 PM 21/12/07
@namrok1: Oh yes! That's it!
jawzxy
jawzxy
Posted 8:19 PM 21/12/07
There's a cuter robot somewhere out there that does the same task... It was on Gizmodo a few months back.
jawzxy
namrok1
Posted 7:57 PM 21/12/07
This Erector Set has nothing on Robocco, the Asahi Beer Robot. Seriously. Nothing.
namrok1
poisonfist
Posted 9:34 PM 21/12/07
@OMG!!! Ponies!!!: At least I'll be drunk and happy when that happens.
poisonfist
dna
Posted 9:11 PM 21/12/07
Too bad the beer is mostly foam as a result of the robots amateur pouring technique.
dna
oo0cyst0oo
Posted 11:20 PM 21/12/07
Dear Adam,
We the Greek Society would like to present you with the lifetime acheivement award for dedicated work in the field of getting high, drunk, and eating ramen. Without your tireless efforts, we'd still be getting high out of an aluminum can, drinking beer brought by means of golden retriever, and microwaving noodles to a lukewarm state. Frat houses everywhere are indebted to you and would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
PS
We have a poster of you playing video games on a massive TV to inspire us on the wall. One day we hope to be half as great.
oo0cyst0oo
rsquared
Posted 10:13 PM 21/12/07
I'll show those robot overlords! I don't need a glass! Oh, wait.
rsquared
JChristopher
Posted 10:00 PM 21/12/07
Does this seek out the bottle or does it have to lined up? Will it pour a Red Stripe (short squat bottle) or one of the quart bottles. I keep a myriad of beer varieties in my fridge.
The ultimate robot will be able to open the fridge, locate the beer, open and pour the bottle, and look like someone named "Petra".
JChristopher
MastaFalse
Posted 9:43 AM 22/12/07
THAT IS AWESOME.
MastaFalse
geeoph
Posted 9:40 AM 22/12/07
This is an amazing first step, but it needs to learn how to pour properly. I'm not going to get drunk drinking all that foam.
But props on Bud Light.
geeoph
ertw
Posted 1:34 PM 22/12/07
@geeoph: Bud Light? ...seriously?
ertw
xXxRHINOxXx
Posted 3:09 PM 22/12/07
I guess those freaks in Massachusetts were right...we will be having sex with robots...soon! The more the robot beer wench fetches, the quicker it WILL happen.
xXxRHINOxXx
Solidsky
Posted 6:20 PM 22/12/07
now if they'd make me a butt scratching machine... i'm set
Solidsky
mikegriffin
Posted 5:38 AM 23/12/07
Just add some alchol to the oil on the machine and watch it pour the beer all over its self.
mikegriffin
testmonket
Posted 8:46 PM 21/12/07
I believe that cuter robot is called "a woman."
testmonket
nutbastard
Posted 5:44 PM 26/12/07
is it REALLY cool to have a robot that does things i can already do, much faster and that i dont mind doing? i guess this is ok, but uh, sort of a solution to a non-problem.
*ducks while everyone throws stuff and tells me to STFU*
nutbastard