2-Jul-2015 (Thu)
Wherein the Second Annual Cocktail Robotics Grand Challenge is upon us.
In just a week and a half, we're celebrating the coming war between man and the brotherhood of machines by going out for drinks! Did you get your tickets yet? Let me introduce you to our confirmed contestants so far:
DroneShot:Alcohol from the skies! Protective gear will be provided -- but you're gonna get wet.
Tipsy Train:An unstoppable LEGO juggernaut on wheels! Think Snowpiercer but with alcoholism instead of cannibalism.
R2Drink2:"I suggest a new strategy, Sir: Let the Artoo unit win."
Cosmobot: This rocket ship makes Cosmopolitans, Cape Cods and Kamikazes, using old-school knobs and dials for that 50s retro flavor.
We have extended the registration deadline, so if you think you can pull something together in time, you still have a shot!We also have as our special guest DJ: Robot Dance Party, San Francisco's own ambulatory sound system, recently perp-walked out of Dolores Park for being just too awesome!
Here is our panel of celebrity judges for this year:
- Doug Dalton is a craft cocktail expert, and co-owner of popular local watering holes Bourbon and Branch, Rickhouse, Local Edition and Tradition.
- Ryan Spurlock is the general manager of TechShop SF, and an enthusiast of both robots and cocktails.
- Terry Sandin is a robot builder and special effects expert known for his work on Hannibal, The Passion of the Christ, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and many others.
Hosted, of course, by the inimitable MC Kingfish of Hubba Hubba Revue.
No Tequlia Bot?
When I suggested that a coin slot could be "easily hardened" for your photobooth project, you said "You only think this because you don't run a bar." Since then I've been wondering, what does it take to make a robot bar tender than can survive a bar?
I have a live demo that you should come watch.