GETV found its way to Vienna, Austria for the 8th annual Roboexotica cocktail robot festival, conference and awards show organized by the snarky drunkards at monochrom and SHIFZ. Violet Blue interviews some more creators of amazing cocktail bots.

Episode links: Roboexotica, Violet Blue, monochrom, SHIFZ, Jonathan Moore (External Combustion Engine), Gordan Savicic & Leo Peschta (WERP-Bot), Anika Kronberger & Daniel Fabry (Digit Colada & Cheers), David Calkins (Chapek & Tyler’s WaiterBot)

GETV found its way to Vienna, Austria for the 8th annual Roboexotica cocktail robot festival, conference and awards show organized by the snarky drunkards at monochrom and SHIFZ. Here is a sampling of a few drink faciliating machines.

— Additional Roboexotica Video Footage —

Episode links: Roboexotica, Violet Blue, monochrom, SHIFZ, Bureau of Philosophy, Chris Veigl (CockBot1), Roswitha Weingrill (Eiswürfelmörder), Simone Davalos (El Espanol Buraccho), Team Katapult / Team Murmelbahn (Leichtbekömmlichvorgekaut / digestablepremasticated)

Roboexotica, the festival for cocktail robots, is taking place in Vienna, Austria right. We are there covering the madness and are in the process of producing a couple of juicy segments for you. Until then, wet your appetite with these clips of five bots on display hosted by the almost voiceless Johannes Grenzfurthner of monochrom.

1: Chapek & Tyler’s WaiterBot

2: WERP-Bot (aka CigFlipper)

6: Vino-Viper

While recently in New York City for HOPE2006, we caught up with Johannes, the main instigator of the Austrian based art-technology-philosophy group called monochrom. Johannes explains Roboexotica, an annual competition and expo for robots that serve cocktails to humans. Is this all a sausage party or is there real meat behind all this? Come find out.

Episode links: monochrom, Roboexotica, HOPE6, Cocktailbot1, Cocktailbot2, Cocktailbot3, Cigbot, Sausage Party, Let’s Network It Out

Irina takes Jacob Appelbaum aside at the recent Laughing Squid party to probe him on his roboerotic ways.