Be it a product of laziness or intoxicated ingenuity, I was inspired to build a robotic bartender to star at all those college parties. My first functioning prototype was a barebones hack consisting of an electric linear actuator, a DC power supply, 6 mason jars with accompanying peristaltic pumps, and a basic Arduino control circuit. From there, I explored ways of cleaning up and optimizing the design, which are still in the CAD model phase (see left).

Lately, I joined up with several other Princeton undergrads to attempt to expand this into a commercially viable model, capable of competing with existing automated bartending devices like Monsieur, Somabar, or Makr Shakr. We are FountainFive, and are currently operating within Princeton University's Keller Center Entrepreneural Startup Incubator. We're working on spreading the word to assess the market, and as always, perfecting the design.