An early question when planning the SirMixABot robotic bartender was how to control the device. Ultimately, we planned an Arduino project for a number of reasons. Similar to SirMixABot’s overall design, and Arduino was chosen for its durability and affordability. Below we’ll analyze its unique characteristics, and how they compliment the ultimate automated bar. Affordable...
When we first attempted to make a robotic bartender, we had an initial goal of making the product affordable for many. Obviously manufacturing efficiencies, and procurements savings could help save money, but our first prototypes were built using off-the shelf parts paying full retail costs. Similarly, if you’re thinking of designing or making your own...
With the SirMixABot cocktail creator utilizing stepper motors for power, it is time to design the power distribution for the vertical drink actuator. As always, reliable, affordable, and easy to use parts are preferred. With the base knowledge that a drive rod would be used to guide the drink actuator, two connections had to be...
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...
