#Japan robot bartender bar series#

Yanu requires no human interaction, making it suitable for a post-pandemic service world. The robot also meets a new need for contactless bars. Yanu combats this issue by providing a cost-effective staffing option. This includes a rise in labor costs and staffing shortages. The advantages of robotic bartendersĪs a contactless, fully autonomous robot bartender, Yanu eliminates new and ongoing challenges facing the food and beverage industry, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Solid Edge includes KeyShot for generating realistic images of product designs. Examples include a high staff turnover rate, labor shortages, high recurring expenses, and an emerging need for contactless food and beverage service. As anyone in food service or bartending can tell you, the industry has its fair share of challenges, especially now. Although the company’s first product is a highly sophisticated service robot, Adojaan’s background is in hospitality, not robotics. The robot is the brainchild of Alan Adojaan, chief executive officer (CEO) and founder of Yanu Robotics (which is also the company’s name). Whether suggesting a drink or cracking a joke, this robot is poised to revolutionize the food and beverage industry. Yanu is capable of making up to 100 drinks in one hour and up to 1,500 cocktails in a single load. In addition to making drinks, Yanu – which is powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and handles credit card and mobile payments, verifies a client’s drinking age and communicates with patrons. Though this robotic feat is impressive enough, mixology is just the beginning. After moving through the correct combination, the arm lowers itself and hands you a finished drink.

#Japan robot bartender bar series#

Next, the arm raises the glass, navigating it along a series of ingredient dispensers that hang from the ceiling.

It grabs a glass and swivels 180 degrees to the ice dispenser. As soon as you input your order on a screen, Yanu’s single robotic arm springs to life. There are several touchscreens on its countertop that display drink choices ranging from a martini to an old fashioned. Standing nearly 10 feet tall, the assembly is large, cylindrical, and sleek. Yanu, the fully autonomous bartending robot, looks like something out of a science fiction movie. Solid Edge enabled us to overcome these issues, as it reconciles both within its immersive design environment.”ĬEO and Founder, Yanu Robotics Mixology is just the beginning “The designers wanted things to look good, while the engineers championed functionality.

Yanu Robotics is a startup company based in Tartu, Estonia that designed Yanu, a fully autonomous, artificial intelligence-empowered bartending robot that serves drinks, handles payments and communicates with clients. Reduced design time from 18 to seven months.Created a single, frictionless design workflow for designers and engineers.Brought Yanu to market 2.5 times faster.Use modules for sheet metal design, data management, 3D printing and electrical routing to increase the speed and efficiency of the robot design process.Balance robotic innovation and functionality within the Solid Edge environment.Use a single platform for product development data.Eliminate design inconsistencies between designers and engineers.Design and prototype a fully autonomous robotic bartender called Yanu.Wash glasses? I have no idea but there’s still plenty of room for automation, so it’s likely we’ll see more World’s First claims in this area. Say “sir, I think you’ve had enough,” and 86 me? Try it. Does a robot change the beer keg or empty liquor bottles? Unlikely. How far do you want to take it? Does a robot bring you your drink after its ordered? No, it appears you have to pick it up from the bar yourself. So the customer-bartender conversation part is robotic too.īut to me that’s not the whole picture. The press release indicates that not only is the serving of drinks fully automated–there are only 6 cocktails and draft beer, by the way–there’s an AI named “Ayadroid” that guides you through the process. Looks like the Henn na Bar is simply trying to one-up those with a technicality. I’ve never been on Harmony of the Seas or to the Tipsy Robot, but my guess is that while ordering and drink making are completely robotic, there’s still some hosting staff that shows you to your seat. Doesn’t Harmony of the Seas already have robot bartenders? And how about the Tipsy Robot, in Vegas, the world’s first land-based robotic bar? The company behind it has just announced the opening of the “ Henn na Bar,” the Weird Bar, what they claim is world’s first bar staffed entirely by robots. Sasebo’s Henna na Hotel, in Nagasaki, is the world’s first robot-staffed hotel.