Viewfinder: A Bartending Robot in Germany

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Apr 24, 2018

Robots from the company Kuka serve non-alcoholic beer during the Hannover Fair on April 23rd, 2018, in Hanover, Germany. The Hanover technology fair runs until April 28th, 2018, with Mexico as a partner country. — Robots from the company Kuka serve non-alcoholic beer during the Hannover Fair on April 23rd, 2018, in Hanover, Germany. The Hanover technology fair runs until April 28th, 2018, with Mexico as a partner country.
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Snowmen stand on a field in Bielefeld, northwestern Germany.

Snowmen stand on a field in Bielefeld, northwestern Germany.

The world's first operational police robot stands at attention in Dubai before a military cannon is fired to mark the end of the fasting day on May 31st, 2017, for Muslims observing Ramadan.

The world's first operational police robot stands at attention in Dubai before a military cannon is fired to mark the end of the fasting day on May 31st, 2017, for Muslims observing Ramadan.

People holding German flags arrive at a right-wing protest gathering near a statue of Karl Marx the day after a man was stabbed and died of his injuries on August 27th, 2018, in Chemnitz, Germany. A German man died after being stabbed in the early hours of August 26th following an altercation, leading a xenophobic mob of approximately 800 people to take to the streets. Left- and right-wing groups of over a thousand people each confronted each other as riot police stood in between.

People holding German flags arrive at a right-wing protest gathering near a statue of Karl Marx the day after a man was stabbed and died of his injuries on August 27th, 2018, in Chemnitz, Germany.

Alex Hintermair clings to his ox Maxl during a race on Ascension in Bavaria on May 10th, 2018, in Taufkirchen, Germany. Ox racing is a sport in Bavaria, though when a Taufkirchen fraternity sought to hold an ox race to celebrate its 125th anniversary the organizers could not find enough male oxen trained for racing, so they broadened the race parameters to include camels. Eight oxen and four camels took part in the 100-meter-long race in a combination of animals that is reportedly a first in Bavarian history.

Alex Hintermair clings to his ox Maxl during a race on Ascension in Bavaria on May 10th, 2018, in Taufkirchen, Germany.

Children ride a merry-go-round on opening day at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on November 27th, 2017.

Children ride a merry-go-round on opening day at the Christmas market in Magdeburg on November 27th, 2017.

Supporters of German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel demonstrate with heart-shaped balloons during a motorcade protest on February 14th, 2018, in Berlin, Germany. The day marks Yücel's first full year in custody in Turkey without charge. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim expressed hope ahead of key talks in Berlin that Yücel would soon be freed after spending one year behind bars.

Supporters of German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel demonstrate with heart-shaped balloons during a motorcade protest on February 14th, 2018, in Berlin, Germany.