A $33K robot barista serves 120 cups of coffee an hour

Re:A $33K robot barista serves 120 cups of coffee an hour by gridlockd on Thursday March 14, 2019 @03:26PM (#19392633)

I understand how they can cost that much. They're made in small numbers, by some artisans in Italy, presumably with the best of materials and to the highest standard. You can put an arbitrary amount of effort into anything.

The question is, is the end result coming out of that machine measurably better than what comes out of a no-frills machine?

My bet is that it isn't.

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Re:A $33K robot barista serves 120 cups of coffee an hour by kthejoker2 on Friday March 15, 2019 @01:31PM (#19402034)

But if it can produce it faster, more reliably, in greater volumes, and with industrial grade parts to extend its useful life ...?

It's not just the coffee that's "the end result."

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