Re:A $33K robot barista serves 120 cups of coffee an hour
by LinuxBender on Thursday March 14, 2019 @10:27AM
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Agreed. The duty-cycle rating for the commercial machines is much higher and typically are field serviceable. $15k is still a bit steep in my opinion, based on peeking inside a few of those machines. I'm nosy that way.
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Re:A $33K robot barista serves 120 cups of coffee an hour
by omnimus on Thursday March 14, 2019 @04:31PM
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Precision. They dont get dirty as often which is a problem. Consistency of pressure and heat that you can make every cup same quality. Longevity - if machine lasts 10 years instead of 3 than its big. You can find cafes with la marzocco machines from like 60s.
Re:A $33K robot barista serves 120 cups of coffee an hour
by LinuxBender on Thursday March 14, 2019 @04:48PM
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In fact, the first machine I looked inside of was from the late 70's. It was certainly built to last. I think the company that made it was out of business which is why we were tinkering with it in the first place.