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Annual Cocktail Robot Awards

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the call-for-entries dept.

ROBOEXOTICA, the annual cocktailrobotics festival (to be held dec. 5th-9th in Museumsquartier Vienna) features the 8th Annual Cocktail Robot Awards (ACRA). Trophies are awarded in five categories, among them mixing and serving cocktails as well as lighting cigarettes and cocktail conversation. Entries welcome! Among the winners of 2005 was David Calkins, president of the Robotics Society of America and founder of Robogames. There is also a related post on SHIFZ-Blog.

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  1. Drinkbot! by mccalli · · Score: 2, Funny
    I nominate Drinkbot!

    (Flash link, can get a Quicktime link plus other episodes from here.

    Cheers,
    Ian

  2. cocktailrobotics by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 2, Funny

    > cocktailrobotics

    It looks like the space program is really starting to pay off in technology we can use here on earth.

  3. We're doomed! by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 2, Funny

    By lighting cigarettes for people, they've already broken the first law of robotics.

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