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The T-Rot thinking robot will make its public debut at the APEC forum underway now in Busan, Korea. T-Rot is shown below tending bar at the Robot Cafe, pouring a drink for Kim Mun-Sang, director of the Ministry of Science and Technology Robot taskforce).
Drinky, drinky, make you stinky," a robot bar said, rolling up and whispering in his ear. It made the sound of ice cubes rattling in a frosty glass. (Read more about Harry Harrison's robot bartender)
Learn more about T-Rot's predecessors at Koolio the Refrigerator Robot and Pressure-Sensitive Skin; read more about T-Rot the Thinking Robot Bartender.
(This Science Fiction in the News story used with permission from Technovelgy.com
