"Asahi" news and stories

A robot that serves beer? Hopefully this development turns out more like Rosie from The Jetsons than Arnold in Terminator.

I found an Associated Press video introducing the world to the Japanese beer brand Asahi's friendly new bartender on the Clip Syndicate. Believe it or not, it's not Asahi's first bartending robot. As reported on Slashfood in 2006, Asahi has taken stabs at beer serving robots in the past, but this is definitely their most sophisticated model (at least that the public knows about!)

Check it our for yourself. The video starts after the jump.

Earlier this week, our friends over at Engadget posted about a new robot bartender from Japanese brewer Asahi.

This little fella will crack open a can of beer and pour it into a mug. It supposedly even tilts the glass to ensure a good head. What's more, the robot is also a refrigerator that can hold up to six cans of beer and two mugs.

Asahi is giving away 5,000 of these little robotic Sam Malones in a lottery-style drawing. The catch?

It's a Japan-only contest.