Wired News: I, Robot Bartender

As bartenders go, El Espanol Borracho tends toward the mercurial side. Get too close to his little flamethrower, and he’s likely to set you on fire.

That’s not the only risk at this week’s Roboexotica Festival, which bills itself as the world’s leading exploration of cocktail robotics. The milling crowd of hackers and techno-artists here hardly looks fight-prone, but Robomoji’s saw-blade gears look wicked sharp, and the sledgehammer arm on the easy chair’s built-in ice crusher could easily crack a misplaced skull.

(Guys, I told you to be careful with that flamethrower!)

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