CAFERO robot waiter serves coffee, does nothing for your loneliness
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Oct 20th 2008 3:31PM
posted Oct 20th 2008 3:31PM
If Yujin Robot has its way, cafes the world over will someday replace their waitstaff with robots like CAFERO (shown above at Robot World 2008 in Seoul). Details are scarce, but apparently the automaton takes orders on a touch screen and fills them with the help of a human operator (though it's only a matter of time before the carbon-based barista is obsolete). Robot waitresses don't flirt and they don't ask for tips: does CAFERO represent food service utopia or a chilling vision of the future? Only time will tell.
[Via Hallyu Tech]
[Via Hallyu Tech]
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Old news, Nova built one of these in the 80's
I stole your avatar. Seemed appropriate.
Forget the bot, gimme a price on the chick.
Or at least, give me a bot designed like the chick with realistic flesh material.
robots get all the hot Asian chicks
Yeah, robots are never lonely!
"And hot asian chicks, they'll do what you want." - Peter Griffin
So basically it pees out your drink then hands it you? Appetizing!
/sarcasm
OH MY GOD... there is a Robot World show? Why did nobody tell me? And why aren't you live blogging it Engadget? for the love of God, Robots!! Go now...
It doesn't involve Apple.
Agreed.... WHY isn't Engadget there now with live blogging... Robots rock!!
Apple is coming out with a robot next year called irobot...tee...hee...hee!
Damn, i don't want the world of the future to be this way... :(
The world needs young, good looking baristas!
it doesnt even look as good as a normal coffee machine to me.
Using Target brand paper cups no less. Damn.
Now if that only had the Apple logo engadget ...
Maybe the one on the right is the robot... Maybe... Hopefully...
robots don't flirt? Then they are not programmed properly.
robo barista is sporting woody
They claim the robot doesn't flirt with customers, but they've only tested with human customers. Would a human barista flirt with robot customers?
Now when a robot comes in for coffee, _then_ you're gonna see some roboflirting action.
I would look pretty stupid for yelling at the robot for serving me the wrong drink.
I'll take 3.
¡ʇoqoɹ ssɐpɐq ǝuo s,ʇɐɥʇ
that's one annoying-ass comment
What's this about a bad ass-robot?
Whenever I see "(adjective)-ass" stuff like that, I like to move the hyphen over one word:
"That's one bad ass-robot"
"That's one annoying ass-comment"
Hours of fun to be had.
...that's exactly what I just did.
I, for one, welcome our new caffeine dispensing robot overlords.
^I agree with this man!
If it serves me coffe i for one welcome them.
"Is that a shelf in your pocket or are you pleased to see me"
Does it go bonkers if I say Large instead of Venti?
Actually, there is one in Japan that serves food and drinks when you order them. And it talks too (kinda in funny way)
I dont remember where the restaurant was but it was waaayy back then like 4or 5 years ago.
dunkinbeatstarbucks.com
In ten years Engadget will run a similar but reversed pic with the caption, "Meatbags taught to serve oil".
You can bet your butt that by the time these start popping up in cafes across the world, they will long since have given them the ability to beg for tips.
also if it has a bad day - you know that it won't spit into your drink or it'll be easy to see.
Excuse me - theres oil in my drink