Bartenders Beware: This Robot Can Make a Cocktail in Just 1

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This bar, called Zeroken Robo Tavern, is located in Tokyo's Ikebukuro Station area. With the recent appearance of the bartender robot, almost the entire service process at the shop has been automated. Customers will first order their drinks via a touchscreen located at the kiosk and pay. Receipts will automatically be printed, inside containing a single-use QR code. Then, customers just hold the receipt to the area of the dispensing robot. The robot will scan the QR code in the receipt and immediately prepare the corresponding drink and send it back to the customer.

Below is a video of the entire automated service process at the Zeroken Robo Tavern:

Of course, this robot, even with advanced artificial intelligence technology, will not possess the ability to communicate with customers as flexibly as a human of flesh and blood. However, it still supports many smart interactive features, such as smiling face images when scanning customers' order codes, chatting with them about the weather, and especially equipped with the ability to analyze expressions. Touch the customer's face to make the appropriate communication sentences.

Like a human, this bartender will have to undergo a 2-month probationary process to evaluate performance and especially feedback from customers.

The robot costs about 9 million yen ($ 82,000), which is equivalent to hiring a bartender for three years. And if it is 'accepted' to work, it will help solve the problem of shortage of staff for many years.

Japan's aging and declining population population has made the country lack a significant number of young workers, especially in the service sector. This is also the reason why this country becomes a 'paradise' of robots.