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==Roberts Working Idea==
 
==Roberts Working Idea==
* Standardised glasses, like [http://cupsdirect.co.uk/product/8oz-soft-drink-plastic-glass/ these].
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* Standardised glasses, like [http://cupsdirect.co.uk/product/8oz-soft-drink-plastic-glass/ these] or [http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/a/pb/Huhtamaki-Polarity-Plastic-Tumbler-10oz-81mm-Lid-Pack-50/pr=Q29&id=6234804/ these].
 
* Glasses are loaded in corner as a stack of 20 in a column
 
* Glasses are loaded in corner as a stack of 20 in a column
 
* Glasses travel on large carousels
 
* Glasses travel on large carousels

Revision as of 10:09, 18 September 2014

We want to create a BarBot.

Initial Goals

  • 6 Optivends for alcoholic drinks
  • 6 dispensers for soft drinks
  • 6 dispensers for misc items (olives cherries, umbrellas, etc...)
  • High through put with multiple drinks simultaneously

Target Cocktails

  • Gin & Tonic
    • Gin
    • Tonic
  • White Russian
    • Cream
    • Vodka
    • Kahula
    • Ice
  • Margarita
    • tequila
    • line
    • triple sec
    • salt rim
  • Mojito
    • Lime
    • Mint Leaves
    • Sugar
    • ice
    • white rum
    • soda water

ToDo

  • Block diagram
  • Decide on a budget
  • Make a makespace community project

Idea Scratchpad

  • Force sensitive resistors for glass detection & liquid quantity
  • Carriages with scissor lifts to activate Optivends (and thus everything else)
  • Circular track/path to automatically reuse a carriage.
  • Ways of bypassing unused dispensers to allow for drinks leapfrogging.
  • Raspberry Pi for main controller, Arduino-likes for carriages
  • 3D print our own peristaltic pumps?
  • HackADay links to check out here
  • A barbot is essentially a vending machine, mine vending machines for mechanisms & ideas.

Roberts Working Idea

  • Standardised glasses, like these or these.
  • Glasses are loaded in corner as a stack of 20 in a column
  • Glasses travel on large carousels
  • Mini-carousels for spirits, lever mechanism to operate Optics
  • Peristaltic pumps for soft drinks
  • Hoppers and screws for garnishes
  • Fits in a transparent ~1 meter cube, interesting things to see from all 4 sides.