This $25,000 robot wants to put your Starbucks barista out of business

CNBC ^ | May 8, 2018 | David Hochman

[EdnaMode]

Where will all of the gender studies, political science, sociology, anthropology, communications, fine arts, and theater majors get jobs now?

[bgill]

Robots won’t be demanding a living wage for a no skills job.

[mindburglar]

Is the robot Muslim?

[ClearCase_guy]

“I went $150,000 into debt to get my degree in Gender Studies and the best job I could get was working at a Starbucks, and ... wait ... what? ... I’m fired? ... because robots??”

[dan on the right]

Good! Takes too long for the humans to pour a cup of coffee anyways.

[Truthoverpower]

This is stupid
This robot has been making me and the wife organic soy lattes every morning for the last 14 years
Who the hell needs someone else to make their espresso for them ?
25000$ ? Duh

[econjack]

“I went $150,000 into debt to get my degree in Gender Studies and the best job I could get was working at a Starbucks, and ... wait ... what? ... I’m fired? ... because robots??”

What did you expect with that major?

[Salman]

Best of all, it will not racially discriminate.

[rightwingcrazy]

[Blue Jays]

"...Good!..."

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The robot will be far more courteous, won’t sneer at you, won’t lecture you, and won’t spit in your coffee if unlucky enough to have to visit a Starbucks.

[YouGoTexasGirl]

We can wear our MAGA caps and Christian t’s/necklaces now without fear of having something ugly done to an expensive cup of coffee!!!!! YES!!!

[fishtank]

[PeterPrinciple]

Best of all, it will not racially discriminate.

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There is always a way for the offended..........

Made by white man

serviced by white man

should have known I wanted sugar even though I didn’t push the button. it did this because I am..............

short cupped me because I am......................

[Psalm 144]

Does it come with gratuitous snark, and baseless arrogance?

I bet the machines get cleaned more regularly.

[Snickering Hound]

[FreedomPoster]

I am amazed Panera doesn’t have more automation than they do. They make coffee drinks about like I do at home. It’s absurd they don’t have something that more-automates the process.

[wally_bert]

If it can make a good hot chocolate, sign me up.

I could never stand coffee.

[monocle]

Polishing illegal immigrant shoes.

[Theoria]

First they came for the barista. The Walmart greeter was next.

[neverevergiveup]

It’s amazing how much money people spend at Starbucks, for something they could make at home for a relative pittance.

If you get a medium coffee at Starbucks every morning before going to work, none on weekends, you will still pay something like $525/year for a morning cup of coffee. If you get a specialty coffee, like a latte, it comes to over $900/year. That’s a lot of money for coffee.