Robot Drinks Beer So That It May Understand Humanity; Also, To Get Drunk
A European-based robotics laboratory has recently constructed what may be the most human robot ever. It is known as the “Bar Bot,” a beer-drinking robot.
The Bar Bot is driven by self interest. Its aim is to drink beer. In order to achieve this goal in bars, the social beer consumption localities of human society, it also deals with money. It asks people for coins and spends them as soon as there is enough for a beer. The Bar Bot is not beneficial for humanity. Rather, it maximises the advantage for itself, like humanity. But to pursue its own, highly selfish objectives, it dependends on others: somebody has to give it coins, somebody has to hand it a beer. This is where it engages in communication, in social interaction with human beings. The Bar Bot is driven by self interest, it interacts socially with humans and is predisposed to alcohol. The Bar Bot is probably the most humanoid robot ever built.
Video here.
I don’t think it would be inaccurate to suggest that Bar Bot is one of Bender‘s predecessors.
Hat tip: Suicide Girls Newswire
