BaR2D2 Is a Real Bar Robot, Doesn’t Carry Lightsabers
9:00PM January 4, 2009 | Jesus Diaz
Remember BaR2-D2, the robot that dispenses beer instead of light sabers which Jabba should have had in his barge? Here is a video of the thing serving drinks in a real party.
The BaR2D2 is a radio-controlled bar-bot, with a “motorised beer elevator, motorised ice/mixer drawer, and six-bottle shot dispenser.” It’s also “sound activated neon lighted”, because alcohol delivery is not complete without psychotropic light effects. According to its creator:
The concept for BaR2D2 was born when a friend showed up to an event with a radio-controlled cooler. We joked about taking the idea to the next level and in the Spring of 2008, construction began.