Humanoid Robot Serves Beer

ls129 writes "Humanoid robots are known for their rope-swinging ability and their martial-arts fighting capabilities. However, one humanoid robotics fan trained his robot to do something really useful. His Robotis based humanoid robot can actually pour a bottle of beer into a pint glass."

Pictures

[42Penguins]

Apparently, though, his robot is unfamiliar with foaming beer!
Add a temperature/foam sensor to the bugfix list and you're set for v2!

Re:Pictures

[Alien Being]

I've always enjoyed getting a little head while drinking beer. Domo arigato, Miss Roboto.

Re:Pictures

[smvp6459]

It's just not quite as good when the head is all over the table. The robot is going to need to improve its skills slightly.

Re:Pictures

[Alien Being]

"It's just not quite as good when the head is all over the table."

Each to his own.

Re:Pictures

[SomeGuyTyping]

Beer should have a 3/4 to 1 inch head on top, but I usually enjoy more.

Re:Pictures

[jonom]

That would depend on the beer...serve me a Guinness with that much head and I'll be sending you back to the bar to fill it properly.

Re:Pictures

[SomeGuyTyping]

If you look at any guinness ad, you'll see at least an inch of head. Look at the end of this commercial:

http://www.guinnessontap.com/ [guinnessontap.com]

Re:Pictures

[jonom]

You shouldn't believe what you see in ads. The proper pour allows for a pinky finger's width of head...so unless you've got some big-ass gorilla pinky fingers...

Some beers like a big head, wheat beers and some pilsners.

Re:Pictures

[SomeGuyTyping]

Who determines what a proper pour is?

Re:Pictures

[jonom]

In this case, Guinness does. They go around training people on how to pour a proper pint.

Re:Pictures

[Orange Crush]

This is better than Johnny 5 making breakfast!

Look in the pics..

[AWhiteFlame]

Anyone else noticed it spilled quite a bit?

Re:Look in the pics..

[Meagermanx]

I don't know what kind of robot he's programming there, or what its limitations are, but it seems to me that decreasing the pouring speed would fix that right up.

Re:Look in the pics..

[fiendy]

I did, that's just plain alcohol abuse.

Re:Look in the pics..

[0racle]

Of course. It runs on beer too.

Re:Look in the pics..

[grammar fascist]

Anyone else noticed it spilled quite a bit?

It must have anticipated quaffing* and decided to join in on the fun.

* According to Terry Pratchett, quaffing is like drinking, except most of the beer ends up on the floor.

Re:Look in the pics..

[Chrispy1000000 the 2]

Basically quaffing is to take your stien, and to throw it at your face, atempting to catch as much of the liquid in your mouth as possible.

Re:Look in the pics..

[LightCecil]

Seems he ascribes to the David Lister school of beer drinking. Which is to say, the best way.

On second thought, quaffing means the beer doesn't end mostly soaked into your current shirt and pants, from that description.

Re:Look in the pics..

[twistedsymphony]

I for one welcome our ... ah who am I kidding it can't even pour beer properly.

wheres the love?

[Ankou]

Yes this is great but does this robot have love [tikibartv.com]?

The pictures are priceless

[Starker_Kull]

For those too lazy to RTFA, just go for the pictures. The robot gets down on its knees, and pours the beer BACKWARDS over its head into the mug. It just looks... wrong. But very funny. I'd love to see pictures of the robot doing that in a bar somewhere.....

Serve Beer?

[Metabolife]

Who cares? Wake me up when it starts to drink it.

Re:Serve Beer?

[Gojira Shipi-Taro]

Screw this. I'm going to make my own beer pouring robot, only with blackjack and hookers!

In fact, forget the...

oh damn. Nope.

Re:Serve Beer?

[dubbayu_d_40]

Sorry, but I think you're condition is permanent.

Re:Serve Beer? - next condoms

[From A Far Away Land]

You don't just need a beer serving robot, you need one that serves CONDOMS too. Oh wait, this is Slashdot, nevermind ;-)

Oh what the heck, here it is - the condom dispensing robot you can build at home [abandonedstuff.com].

Re:Serve Beer?

[badran]

In the Future... All robots will run on beer.... Sheer to Bender...

Fifth Element

[Sporkinum]

Do..You..Want..Some..More??

Re:Fifth Element

[kyjl]

+3 (Awesome movie)
-1 (Nobody's gonna get it D:)

I can hear it now

[TheFlamingoKing]

"You want some more?"

Honestly

[johncadengo]

Why did this make the frontpage of slashdot?

It's just a programmable korean robot that some guy programmed the motions to pour beer, he put a bottle in between the hands of the robot, it spilled quite a bit of beer, and he didn't even take a video of it. I could've staged that in like two seconds with a lego mindstorm kit during the 11th grade in my AP C++ class.

Re:Honestly

[slashflood]

Why did this make the frontpage of slashdot?

Because... BEER!

No I can go to bed.

Re:Honestly

[grammar fascist]

Because... BEER!

And robots. Anything to do with beer and robots always makes front-page Slashdot.

I could probably make a stupid video of robots looking at beer and it'd make the front page. Heck, I could probably just take pictures of the robots and claim they're looking at beer.

Robots and beer, friend.

Re:Honestly

[42Penguins]

"I could've staged that in like two seconds with a lego mindstorm kit during the 11th grade in my AP C++ class."

You COULD have done it. He went an extra step and actually did it. Besides, if you programmed a robot to pour beer in an 11th grade AP class, you'd probably have pictures somewhere other than /.

Re:Honestly

[QuantumG]

Because despite the millions of dollars that have been spent on other robots (*cough* ASIMO) they still can't perform a single useful task. Unless, of course, you consider entertaining gawkers as useful.

Re:Honestly

[deficite]

Baby steps. They're not pouring that money into ASIMO because they think ASIMO is useful. ASIMO is merely a test platform. When the need arises to build a humanoid robot, they'll already have worked on many of the components necessary and can implement them right away.

Re:Honestly

[QuantumG]

It's not a test platform, it's a show pony.

Re:Honestly

[deficite]

It's only a show pony because most people on this world are idiotic. Probably the only way they can continue their funding is if they show people the "progress" they've made. Yeah, it ends up being little stupid gags, but that's what idiotic people like. A lot of the things they've worked on on ASIMO Jethro wouldn't understand.

Wow!

[cashman73]

Impressive! Though he seems to not be able to keep from spilling when the foam gets too high -- needs a foam detector!

At least he wasn't pouring crap beer, though,... :-)

I have to say

[Bullfish]

That anyone or anything that serves, or tries to serve me beer, is okay in my book.

Re:I have to say

[grammar fascist]

That anyone or anything that serves, or tries to serve me beer, is okay in my book.

I knew a guy who got his kids to do it.

Whatever makes propagating your DNA worth it, I guess...

Beer pouring overlords

[roman_mir]

Finally a useful application for a humanoid robot!

The next step is to attach a shiny metal ass to the robot and teach it to use the precious alcohol to charge the batteries. Then the robot will develop its AI and form a consciousness. Watch your language around this machine though, or it can develop quite a dirty mouth :)

Re:Beer pouring overlords

[roman_mir]

This may just prove that there is a correlation between our abilities to produce alcohol and development of our higher brain functions. And a foul mouth.

Still not funny

[HTTP Error 403 403.9]

So a Rabbi, a Priest and a lawyer walk into a bar and the robot bartender goes "01001001 01110011 00100000 01110100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01110011 01101111 01101101 01100101 00100000 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01101010 01101111 01101011 01100101 00111111" [nickciske.com]

Re:Still not funny

[roman_mir]

Jeez, get with da program already, get LeetKey [mozilla.org]

Alcohol Abuse!!!!

[Nonillion]

Did you see the size of the head on that beer???? And the precious beer spilled on the table!!!! That's alcohol abuse!

That's it! I'm calling PFTETOB (People for the ethical treatment of beer)

Asahi's beer-pouring robot

[Bushcat]

Asahi Brewery (http://www.asahibeer.co.jp/) gave away beer-pouring robots to 5000 people who collected 36 stickers from promotional beer cans. The robot includes a cooler.

English: http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/01/26/asahis-beer-pour ing-robots/ [ohgizmo.com]

Re:Asahi's beer-pouring robot

[smokeslikeapoet]

Yes, there is nothing new under the sun. Now if I can only teach my wife to pour me a beer and give me a lot of head....

Re:Asahi's beer-pouring robot

[MustardMan]

That is supreme coolness. I think I have a new favorite beer. Bye bye Rochefort, hello guys-who-made-the-beer-robot!

Re:Asahi's beer-pouring robot

[binarybum]

wow, that is worlds cooler than the posted article. Man, I wish these were for sale... for an incredibly low price.

Sorry

[spyrral]

I initially read the headline as "Humanoid Robot Serves Beer".

  Oh my.

That seems like a good idea.

[BiggerIsBetter]

At least until they make those Japanese and Korean androids anatomically correct.

Cans are better

[Macondo]

I have to point out this is not for enjoyment, unless you find vomiting enjoyable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgunning [slashdot.org]

I for one welcome our (*hic*)

[jpellino]

beer pouring *Zzzzzzzz* *snork* overlo... Hey! BARKEEP! Another Guinness - and here ya go - get youself a shot of WD-40 !

a truly advanced robot...

[mattkime]

a truly advanced robot wouldn't pour lager - it would pump ale from a cask!

(sadly, american beer standards would also need to rise to the challenge. you know who you are....report to Theakstons [theakstons.co.uk] for re-education.)

Beer

[illuminatedwax]

Maybe the ads are just misleading me, but I think Asahi sells a robot like that in Japan.

Re:Beer

[chawly]

Why am I not surprised ?

I've seen beers you people wouldn't believe.

[dubbayu_d_40]

I want more beer, fucker.

Am I the only one...

[ndogg]

...to click the link to robot martial arts?

Holy crap, those videos are massively hilarious. Thanks for that one.

Some network TV station here in the US of A should pick it up. It'd be far more entertaining than BattleBots ever was.

The two driving forces in the world

[Traiklin]

Beer and Porn.

One group is working on a robot that can dispense beer, the other is trying ot make a robot that looks like a human in every way.

wait till these two meet up and we get a Sex Robot that dispenses beer for you, there wouldn't be a reason to go to a bar ever again.

Re:The two driving forces in the world

[k_187]

go to a bar? with that, why would you ever need to leave the house again?

But...

[xenn]

It's already 2006!!! where are all the robots we were promised by the year 2000? Whoopdedoo, beer pouring, Where's my Cherry 2000? She's already 6 years late.

And flying cars? Where are they? I want a flying car NOW dammit. Whats up with technology? These things have been planned and expected for over a century now.

Re:But...

[bmalia]

No worries...Our friends in Austrailia have been secretly experimenting with flying cars. [theregister.co.uk]

software/firmware

[babanada]

What I want to know, is it free as in speech, or...

Re:software/firmware

[chawly]

Dream on, friend, dream on. Nothing wrong with dreaming.

In the year 2000...

[stonda]

Humanoids serve beer for robots!

Robots are for Pansies

[StikyPad]

I'm not sure taking beer out of a perfectly good bottle counts as useful. If this keeps up, people are going to start thinking robots are for pansies. What we need is a robot that pours beer from a glass back into the bottle, and then only gives you the beer back after you beat it at arm wrestling, or maybe a game of 8 ball.

Big deal.

[humungusfungus]

A robot that serves drinks?

Um, can anyone say "I have need for you on the master's Sail Barge?

(R2-D2 did this over 2 decades ago)

Women obsolete

[Tablizer]

We have porn, and beer-serving robots. Finally, we don't need women anymore. Science is good!
     

It figures!

[themadplasterer]

Why couldn't they have come up with this before I got married?

Protection Racket

[Das Auge]

This is the kind of crap the Mafia used to do. It's a protection racket. "Hey, maybe youz should pay me fifty bucks, so's that nothing happens to yours QuickBooks file."

Great joke..

[aero2600-5]

This reminds me of a great joke..


A guy walks into a bar, and sees that there is a robotic bartender behind the bar. He shrugs and sits down. The robot comes over and says, "Hey, I'm the Autobot, what can I get you to drink, and what's your IQ?"
The guy says, "I'll have a Jack and coke, and my IQ is 140."
Well, the autobot makes him a perfect drink, and starts talking to him about theology, nano-technology, and even some philosophy.
The guy is impressed. He finishes his drink, pays his tab, leaves, and comes right back in.
He sits down at the bar, and the robot comes over and says, "Hey, I'm the Autobot, what can I get you to drink, and what's your IQ?"
The guys says, "I'll have a screwdriver, and my IQ is 110."
Well, the autobot makes him a perfect drink, and starts talking to him about movies, literature, women, and even some sports.
The guy is still impressed. He finishes his drink, pays his tab, leaves, and comes right back in.
He sits down at the bar, and the robot comes over and says, "Hey, I'm the Autobot, what can I get you to drink, and what's your IQ?"
The guys says, "I'll have a Miller Lite, and my IQ is 70."
The robot poors him a perfect beer, and then comes over to the guy and says REAL SLOW... "So you gonna vote for Bush again?"

Aero

Re:Great joke..

[cp.tar]

I was so wondering who'll be the first to post this one...

Seems the crowd here would rather have a Bush-bashing robot than a beer-pouring one.
That's TV nation for you... the most activity you can handle is pouring your own beer while watching a robot pummel your president.

</tongueincheek>

Re:Great joke..

[aero2600-5]

Actually, I love this joke because I'm a bartender, and happen to be one in Duval County, Florida, which went to Bush last election. That makes it good for getting my customers spun up.

And although I realize your statement was made tongue-in-cheek, I feel I should point that I don't own a TV, but make sure to download The Daily Show everytime a new episode airs. Damn shame that it's on a two week break..

Aero

Re:Great joke..

[ricky-road-flats]

Seems the crowd here would rather have a Bush-bashing robot than a beer-pouring one.

In a word, yes. I can pour and drink my own beer quite happily, but Bush-bashing is a much-needed and highly valuable service which I don't have the tools to do myself.

Again?

[debiansid]

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/ 05/0040225&from=rss [slashdot.org]

This one can mix drinks

[Anonymous Coward]

This [roboyhd.fi] one can mix drinks! Unfortunately the page is only in finnish. But in the bottom of the page there are couple of videos.

Japan creates Asimov-like robotic laws

[Krishna Dagli]

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=2006 0531-014157-3548r [upi.com]

Bah...

[uvajed_ekil]

How 'bout a robot that can pour draught beer into a pint glass, and do so without pouring 4 ounces of beer and 12 ounces of foam? THAT would be impressive. I've seen my share of "professional" (professional in the sense that they apparently get paid refularly to do it) bar tenders who can't seem to master a tap.

Now, if a commercial version of these robots could somehow brew beer on its own, I'd be first in line to buy!

not only robots serving beer

[bobamu]

some of them like to drink it. barbot [roboticslab.org]

It's nice that someone has made bender.

Karakuri more advanced in many ways

[layer3switch]

http://www.karakuri.info/ [karakuri.info]

Robotis? Spilled beer, awkward motion, weird beer pouring form, rigid looks, looking very primitive with attached wires...

Karakuri puppets looks much better by these standards.

Finally...!

[rhadc]

I'm sick of having to get up off the couch. They should have had this 20 years ago!

yeah! like its news? NOT!

[urbieta]

I don't think this robot made something new, see for yourself ;)

http://youtube.com/results?search=robot+beer&searc h_type=search_videos&search=Search [youtube.com]

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=robot+beer [google.com]

NEXT!

Black & Tan

[ldheinz]

Wake me when it can properly pour a Black & Tan. THAT'S an accomplishment... ;)

Re:So?

[tomhudson]

pour a bottle of beer into a pint glass."

... because slashdot editors don't know that the surest way to ruin a beer is to pour it into a glass ... and that the best way is to put the bottle into the freezer a half-hour before opening it, so that it's decently chilled (you know you've done it just right when the brew in the neck turns to ice as you relieve the pressure by opening it).

Pouring beer into a glass! What next, eating pizza with a knife and fork?

Re:So?

[grammar fascist]

Pouring beer into a glass! What next, eating pizza with a knife and fork?

Eating steak with chopsticks.

Re:So?

[redalien]

Tom, what makes you say that? Some beers simply must be poured into a glass (bottle conditioned), like many home-brew real ales, and even some continental beers are bottle conditioned, although this is much less common considering the use of S. cerevisiae in Lagers makes it unpractical.

That aside, I will still drink most lagers from a glass as preference, and all ales, with only small (33cl) bottles being consumed directly. How are you supposed to get a decent head without a pour?

Oh and freezing you

Re:So?

[redalien]

D'oh, in my tired state I confused S. cerevisiae and S. uvarum. Sorry guys.

Re:So?

[jacksonj04]

I'm only just turned 18, so planning to get CAMRA membership soon(ish), but *applauds*.

Bloody American 'beer'.

Re:So?

[jonom]

I don't know where you're from, but most beers are supposed to be poured into glasses for full enjoyment.

Another CAMRA member, from Canada tho. :)

Re:So?

[tomhudson]

... from Canada also ...

Three reasons to prefer bottles over glasses:

1. Beer goes flat quicker if its poured into a glass (the glass is usually at room temperature, and the pouring makes it lose some of the carbonation).
2. its more glasses to wash
3. you can't slip some methylene blue into a glass of beer and have them freak out when they piss purple*.

(* yes, I've done that to people, and yes, I'm evil :-)

Re:So?

[jonom]

Beer goes flat quicker if its poured into a glass (the glass is usually at room temperature, and the pouring makes it lose some of the carbonation).

Hmm...beer doesn't usually last long enough around me to lose carbonation. You must be a slow drinker!

Re:So?

[tomhudson]

Beer goes flat quicker if its poured into a glass (the glass is usually at room temperature, and the pouring makes it lose some of the carbonation).

Hmm...beer doesn't usually last long enough around me to lose carbonation. You must be a slow drinker!

... I've been known to talk a lot on occasion ... all those jokes that people say "gee, it's probably funny after a few beers" really are ...

Re:So?

[Sordid Euphemism]

...cold beer? COLD beer? Cold vodka I can see, but anyone who tries to put my Guinness in the fridge is going to get bitten.

Re:So?

[Anonymous Coward]

Dear god, this argument again?

European: "Your watery swill you call 'beer' has to be served at cryogenic temperatures before anyone can stand to drink it!"

American: "The only thing your piss-icky room-temperature sludge has going for it is that it has alcohol in it."

Let's all just agree that Skittlebrau is the best beer.

Yes.

[Cyno01]

Let's all just agree that Skittlebrau is the best beer.

Having conducted said test with a package of smoothie skittles and 2 cans of miller lite (i wouldnt waste good beer on it, although i'm drinking a PBR ATM), skittlebrau is definitly drinkable. Granted it was after a pint of whiskey...

Re:So?

[Ed_Pinkley]

This is definitely a regional / cultural thing. Personally, I accept that American beers are a different product from European beers. American = refreshing / cool. European = flavorful / filling. They both have their place.

I have a question for any beer drinking experts out there. There is another cultural difference within the beer-in-a-glass group I know about but have not gotten a handle on. Some people poor beer down the side of the glass to preserve the carbonation and make it easier to drink.

Re:So?

[drsquare]

because slashdot editors don't know that the surest way to ruin a beer is to pour it into a glass

How else are you supposed to drink it, right from the barrel? Maybe if you're Barney Gumbel. Bottled beer is gassy so you need to pour it into a glass and let it rest so the gas can escape.

and that the best way is to put the bottle into the freezer a half-hour before opening it, so that it's decently chilled

When it's that cold how are you supposed to taste it? Oh wait maybe you're American, sorry my mistake.

Re:So?

[tomhudson]

Nah, I'm a Kanuckistani ... beer with a decent alcohol content doesn't freeze solid in the freezer, and since its nicely chilled, its not as prone to foam up, either.

When it's 100 degrees outside (and it gets that here in Montréal quite a lot in the summer) there's something to be said about putting a nice cold bottle on the back of your neck for a few seconds to cool off, then popping the top, watching the first inch turn into slush, and slowly *enjoying* it.

Re:So?

[mpathetiq]

Kanuckistani... beautiful.

Re:So?

[gaber1187]

Because it just passed the common man's version of the Turing test. Plus a little robot carrying a beer that is as bigger than the robot itself is just cool.