Robojoe - Cute, Caffeinated and CoffeeMeister-Approved

by Erin Meister, Posted Jun 24th 2009 @ 10:30AM

It's practically impossible for me to decide what I like best about this video: The fact that it features both cloth coffee filters (sustainable!) and a hand coffee grinder (retro!), that the robot appears to let the coffee bloom before starting the proper brew, our little friend's deadpan expression, or the two-second outtake where the poor gal pours coffee all over the counter before a set of friendly human hands sets it right.

Actually, this little automated lady looks like she seriously knows what she's doing -- storing coffee in an air-tight container, grinding fresh, making coffee to order... She's a barista-bot after my own heart -- even if she's more likely to rust than over-caffeinate.

Filed Under: Science, Drink Recipes
Tags: asia, coffee, coffee robot, coffeemeister, japan, japanese coffee, JapaneseCoffee, robot

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6-24-2009 @10:58AM Harlan said... That is fantastic. I want one.
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6-28-2009 @1:09AM Greg Sherwin said... Hmmm.... Here they skewered NASA in the 1980s over (false) rumors of $10,000 toilet seats -- when here Japan is spending billions of yen and their best scientific minds on recreating a Mr. Coffee machine.

I rest my case on government waste!
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7-16-2009 @9:07AM Mike said... That's all fine until the robot accidentally spills a pot of steaming coffee on itself and quits working. THAT I would love to see.
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