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Mr Asahi, the Japanese made robot is the world’s first robotic barman. It took eight engineers 200 man-hours and $180,000 USD to construct the 907.18474 kg machine.

The robotic barman is currently working at Selfridges in London and will embark on a nationwide tour, visiting Manchester, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham and Leeds over the next three months.

Mr Asahi can open beer bottles and serve pints in less than two minutes, knocking 13 minutes off the average 15 minute waiting time at the bar.

However, it has taken Mr Asahi alot longer to learn the ropes compared to the average barman, training for six-months before taking on the robot’s first official role.

A computer inside Mr Asahi controls compressed air to provide the animatronics required to pull a pint.It also has LED lights that move from green to red as it strains to removes bottle tops.

A spokesman for Asahi beer said: ‘Robotic barmen don’t have attitude problems, they work a bit quicker, they don’t need to eat, they don’t need loo breaks, so I think they are perfect.’

[via dailymail]