With the enclosure finalized for the SirMixABot robot bar it is time to customize. Working with durable, easy to handle materials makes this process simple. Whether you choose birch or MDF (medium density fiberboard) for your personal automated bartender, both are easy to work with. After considering stains, varnishes, and a variety of paints, it...
In the quest for the ultimate cocktail maker there is lot of interest and valuable findings. However, a closer look at the competition reveals there are not actually that many players in the arena. The range includes everything from one-off home builds to massive business’ focused products. In-between are some robotic bar choices aimed at...
Using a CAD program to design a virtual bartender into a real life robotic bartender: Before we set-out to build SirMixABot (the world’s self proclaimed greatest robotic bartender) we designed countless iterations in CAD. If you’ve been hiding under a rock for a while, CAD is computer aided design. In the most simple case its...
One of the most important mantras in building SirMixABot was making a product so painfully simple and easy to make – that we could actually bring it to market. We avoided injection molds, welding processes, or overly complicated motors and PCB assembly. The reason? A quick google search revealed that almost every other automatic bartender...
The quest for the at-home automated bartender has been alive and well for quite some time. Whether it’s a homemade contraption, or technology packed robot bar of the future, there are options available. With different strengths and weaknesses ranging from style to cost, there are a lot of factors to examine. Fortunately SirMixABot captures many...
