MIT uses robot bartenders to get the party started

MIT scientists have taken a step toward alleviating long lines of frustrated bar patrons at a watering hole near you.

According to BetaBoston, MIT researchers have created a team of “Beerbots.’’ The team consists of one large double-armed bot, the bartender, and two smaller “turtle bots,’’ the servers.

Last year, an Italian team, Makr Shakr, debuted robots that mixed drinks and placed them on a conveyor belt for patrons on a cruise ship. MIT’s bots, however, work together. They also deliver the drinks, and are prepared for errors such as bottle drops and wrong orders, BetaBoston reports.

Read BetaBoston’s full report here.

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