Oct 29 2008Thanks But No Thanks: A Beer Pouring Robot
TMCO is a metal products manufacturer in Lincoln, Nebraska, that, for a recent open house, programmed one of their factory robots to act as bartender. Although, truthfully, he doesn't actually pour your drinks for you, he just operates the tap and demands tips. Seriously, I have to hold my own glass up there, and then you expect a tip? I did just as much work as you did! You, robot beer-pourer, are a greedy asshole. Quick, somebody pull his plug, I'll grab the tip jar!
Beer-Pouring Robot [neatorama]
Thanks to Michael, who knows I'll post any tip that has "beer" and "robot" in the title.
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Reader Comments
1. Elmo - October 29, 2008 1:57 PM
jesus H!! that thing could claw the hell out of you're face
and poison the beer
and scare the crap out of you
2. first - October 29, 2008 1:57 PM
FIST HAHA SUCKER COCK SUCKERs
3. Elmo - October 29, 2008 1:58 PM
who's the cock suker now? EH?
loserrrr....
4. Elmo - October 29, 2008 2:02 PM
no, come back.... I didn't mean it....
I'm sorry
5. The_Don - October 29, 2008 2:05 PM
We've been saved. Finally robots who serve us. And never mind the tips. It's easy to say no to a machine than a real man.
6. C-Basstian - October 29, 2008 2:07 PM
this is just the begining of the end... soon he will start the war by pouring only head
7. RIMTUCK - October 29, 2008 2:08 PM
wow. I almost thought it was human since it had a tie on.
8. C-Basstian - October 29, 2008 2:13 PM
@6 that was the best comment so far! man you are sooo cool!
9. claire - October 29, 2008 2:15 PM
PROBLEM: Bad economy.
SOLUTION: Robots!
seriously, the reason I don't put my grocery cart away at the store is so the kid putting those carts away HAS A JOB. they'll probably replace him with a robot soon enough.
I have a Frankenstein complex
10. JaC - October 29, 2008 2:26 PM
Can we just dispense with all this nonsense and get to the real sexbots already? We're just beatin around the bush with all of these other "practical uses".
11. LSDiesel - October 29, 2008 2:32 PM
Verry such COOL *case mod*. It es jest like a help hart icone from zeldo game. HOW MUCH es thes?? AND were can I BUY?? I was serching en GOGGLE for thes but notheng!!! I will BUY thes from you. Es the BEST *case mod*!!! You see allll thes DETALE they puts for this foods *case mod*. HOW MUCH??
12. ahha - October 29, 2008 2:52 PM
If they can program it to pour beer and demand tips, do you think they could do something requiring finer motor movements? I don't know, like put on a warming mitt, rubber glove, lube and pleasure me, for example. What? Is that a weird thing to wonder about?
13. Daisy - October 29, 2008 3:00 PM
Fake!!!
This is an obvious photoshop job. You can tell because the shadows are all wrong.
The "artist" that put this together was probably trying for a visual answer to the Joke Max told in the movie Never Back Down that involved what can give you head and a hand job at the same time.
14. Mr. Man - October 29, 2008 3:06 PM
try sticking your mouth under the tap *SHMACK* metal backhand tastes like USB dildo...WTF?
15. RIMTUCK - October 29, 2008 3:12 PM
It's doesn't even look like a Photoshop job, more like MS Paint job.... or even MS Notepad job.
16. Atrides - October 29, 2008 3:23 PM
I like it!
17. Foobar - October 29, 2008 3:36 PM
The taps probably go PEWPEWPEW
This is pretty freaky. How do we know the robots won't put poisoned beer in the tap.
18. beerorkid - October 29, 2008 3:52 PM
they have it pour beer every year, but the tie and apron were additions this year. Beer is donated by a local brewery.
I have vids of their metal punching robot table and their laser cutting robot table as well.
19. Douchie Mc Bagman - October 29, 2008 5:36 PM
@18 - You are full of crap. First off you don't need top put a robot on a table to punch it, or to cut it up with a laser. Second off, if you punch a robot, you will hurt your hand.
If you really had the vids you'd post a link. By claiming to have them and not putting up a link you appear as a lame ass poser and Douchenozzle. We already have 1 sharpie.
20. beerorkid - October 29, 2008 5:45 PM
;)
I have not uploaded them yet. Swears.
Not sure what they are called actually. It is darn cool though.
21. Mort - October 30, 2008 3:26 AM
Fake!!!!
Actualy
This is an obvious Paintshop job. You can tell because the shadows are all wrong.
22. guate6 - October 30, 2008 9:46 AM
It doesn't do much work, and it's demanding tips? damn.