Simple liquid dispenser for auto-cocktails

December 7, 2009 By 16 Comments
diy-liquid-doser

[Qdot] came up with a simple way to dosing out liquids to use in his Bartris project. As you can see above, flexible tubing is connected to some inverted bottles that house the liquid. A chopstick is attached to a board on one end, and via string to a servo on the other. When the servo turns it pulls the chopstick tight against the board, cutting off the flow of liquid through the tubing. This … [Read more...]

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Bar2d2 on the Discovery channel

September 15, 2009 By 4 Comments
Happy-hour

The friendly robotic bartender we've covered a couple of times before hit the airwaves last week. [Jamie], the inventor of Bar2d2 sent in a link to video of the barkeeper in action. The story runs from 0:30-4:40 and covers a bit about the build, the conversion to automatic drink mixing, and plenty of happy liquor-guzzling party goers. We get a good look at the drink ordering interface called … [Read more...]

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Bar2d2 gets automated

February 24, 2009 By 24 Comments

When we showed you Bar2d2, the bar tending party bot, there was one huge hurdle left to solve. It was only a drink dispenser at that, while awesome, couldn't actually mix drinks. That has been remedied in this update. Now, a computer handles all of the drink orders, then sends them via bluetooth to bar2d2. The drinks are mixed right there in front of you in the comforting blue glow of bar2d2's … [Read more...]

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