Artificial Intelligence: Meet the Robot Bartender of the Future

Tipsy the Robot serves a mean drink, but does he match up to the social experience offered by a human bartender? As Tipsy methodically unfolds an arm to select a glass, retrieve ice and mix a drink, it's all a far cry from the flashy swagger of Tom Cruise in Cocktail. But then he doesn't have the twinkle in his eye of a fictional Hollywood bartender -- or any eyes at all, for that matter -- because Tipsy is a robot. He won't be able to swap sporting banter or offer relationship advice to lovelorn paramours but he mixes a mean Bloody Mary for his customers at his shopping mall bar in Las Vegas. Tipsy is the logical conclusion of an increasingly space-age service industry that has already given us the mechanical cupcake dispenser and automated pizza restaurants."Monsieur"