alexa He has just found a new job as a bartender preparing gin and tonics and other spectacular drinks. All thanks to this robotic table that doubles as a cocktail bar that prepares some appetizing mixes.
It is always interesting and even relatively endearing when some crazy person who is also an alcoholic uses his knowledge of science, engineering, technology and robotics to build automatons that serve alcohol.
Some projects are more for personal playful time than others that seek to aim more for a commercial goal of mass production.
But the reality is that by now there are plenty of examples of robots that use control systems. Artificial Intelligence (AI) to prepare cocktails.
We saw it a few months ago with BRIGHTNESSan automaton with robotic arms and a bow that could make interesting drinks.
And now we share another project with you, one that doesn’t look so impressive for dispensing with the design and assembly of a humanoid automaton to better opt for a simpler and more practical design based on a simple table.
But that does not mean that it is less impressive what this baby can achieve, which is still technically a robot.
This is how the Audax table that prepares drinks using Alexa as the core works
On YouTube there is an interesting content creator, under the name of Audaxwho occasionally feeds his channel with great videos where he shares his projects where the subject is basically dedicated to building things.
And now in his latest video he shows us how you can use a basic AI-powered assistant like Alexa or Siri to build a robot capable of preparing drinks.
It sounds a bit twisted and difficult to imagine for some, but it is simply enough to see the video of this toy in action to verify its existence and efficiency:
As shared by colleagues from gizmodoAudax managed to program this robot table that works as a bartender so that it can prepare four different drinks.
Where all the user has to do is give a voice command for Alexa or even Siri to activate the robot and start preparing the drinks.
Although it is true that in the video published the good Audax does not explain the hardware used, the people of hackster.io He was able to identify some components with the naked eye.
Where the curious thing is that the construction of the automaton would not be so complicated, since an Arduino Mega 2560 development board would have been required for the pumping and serving mechanisms. Some 3D printing and LED lights, plus the smart speaker.