The results are in at RoboExotica, the votes have been tallied, and the lovely cocktail making robots in Vienna have garnished their accolades. Eddie Codel has a good write-up of the event at LaughingSquid.

“To Serve Man” indeed…

Category – SERVING
winners: Sloth (kal spelletich)

And
fairy juicer (mitch heinrich, david fine)

Category – MIXING
winners: k&k klavier (FH Joanneum) [judges motivation: aesthetics]

and
construction wanker (FH Joanneum) [judges motivation: re-introduction of punch-cards]

Category – CONVERSATION
winner: chassis (jon foote, al honig)

Category – OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
winners: rimshot bot (ctp)

and
reprap shot bot (bre pettis, marius kinkel, philip tiefenbacher)

Category – HUMAN SUBJUGATION
winner: gina (FH Joanneum)

Category – MOST LEGALLY CHALLENGING
winner: robovox (martin bricelj)

Category – REPRODUCABILITY
winner: lego shotbot (Anthony Fudd)

LIMES – (the un-awards for most dubious achievements)

most spectacular fail – sloth
stickiest, ickiest – globo
most displaced in cocktail environment – drill-pro-mill
most politically and genderifically incorrect – construction wanker

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