


These happy little R2-D2-style robots sport painted-on masks and cheery designs. Others scoot through the media center, admonishing visitors to make sure their masks are on straight. Some roll through the lobbies of hotels, spraying a mist of disinfectant in the air in a debatably effective means of combating the spread of COVID. Look around Beijing, and you’ll see robots almost everywhere. Hence, burger-flipping robots … along with cleaning robots, mask-nagging robots, fry-cooking robots, and perhaps the greatest robots of all … bartender robots. At these Games, China is seeking to reduce human-to-human contact while also putting a happy face on automation. Because if robots start cooking better burgers than humans, we’re in a lot of trouble.Įvery Olympics gives the host nation an opportunity to flex before the world in ways both impressive and subtle. That is electric and self-driving ones like Portal, the model produced by Fiat-Chrysler.BEIJING - It is my pleasure to report that the burgers cooked by Chinese robots are not very good. In the latest edition, we have talked about in recent months, have been the masters the cars of tomorrow. Large companies, small start-ups or simple inventors crowd the halls of the event, staged in January. In fact, the famous one is held here every year CES of Las Vegas, where all the greatest technological innovations of the moment are shown to the public. But technology in Las Vegas has reigned supreme for decades. The Tipsy Robot opened last July, and in a few months it has become a popular destination for all nerds, tourists and just curious. If you want a little comfort in the words of those serving you better look for another bar. The flaw of the Tipsy Robot is in fact that of having decidedly silent bartenders. If you want, you can also drink at the counter, but don't expect big chats. Then the waiter (this time human) delivers the cocktail to the table. Received the order, Tipsy's arm begins to prepare the drink by drawing from the hundreds of bottles placed right above it. But how does it work? The customer normally sits at the table and places the order through an IPAD. Here, however, there is not only the one who requested the new bartender, but also the company that provided him with an Italian: the Turin Makr Shakr. A real innovation, desired by the owner of the Tipsy Robot: the Italian Rino Armeni. In fact, the cocktails are prepared by two fully automated robotic arms. Not so much for what it takes, but for who it takes. No, it's not the title of a movie, but the feeling you get when you walk inside the Miracle Mile Shops. A drink at the Tipsy RobotĪll crazy in Vegas. Work on Robot Tips di Las Vegas, and in a few weeks it has already served thousands of drinks becoming a real tourist attraction. After having in fact told you about the robot-deliveryman and robot-nurses, this time it is the turn of the first robot-bartender in the world.

An increasingly robotic future branded Made in Italy.
