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F&P Robotics introduces the barista of the future

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The Barney solution from F&P Robotics has combined entertainment, efficiency, and automation in the bar industry and has potential to do the same in coffee.
Expecting one or two bartenders to be struggling through the evening rush, Schlittler was surprised to instead discover Barney, a collaborative robotic bar solution with a tablet taking orders and a “cobot” mixing drinks.
People would come up to the bar and talk to their neighbour about the robot.”
He looked into the company behind Barney, F&P Robotics, and discovered mutual connections through the University of Zurich.
They’re usually busy with a queue of people forming, all waiting to place or collect their orders,” Schlittler says.
It is about creating a source of entertainment, and engaging people emotionally with our machines,” Früh says.
With Barney, our objective was to create a finished system that doesn’t need too much customisation or adaption to different environments,” he says.
“Just like Barney triggers the quantity of alcohol based on the input of the customer, the coffee version of Barney would enable the customer to select out of a variety of points to craft their perfect coffee,” he says.
You are travelling from one point to another, know there is a coffee shop on the way, and can order your coffee so it’s ready when you are,” Schlittler says.
“It’s much easier to organise this with an algorithm and a machine to find the right time to prepare a coffee so when the customer enters the shop it’s made and ready to be drunk.”
Before launching a coffee-specific model of Barney, Früh says F&P Robotics is taking its time to get the process right.
Schlittler says Barney and F&P Robotics have the potential to revolutionise how coffee chains operate

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