EDIT: I probably should have put this in drunken ramblings or another thread, but I figured you DIY'ers would get a kick out of this. I plan to put it into service, dispensing Ed's apfelwein and cranberry mixers.
Many of you know I went back to school to get my engineering degree. I just started out, and as required I had to take the intro to engineering course at my community college.
As part of the class, we learned about micro controllers and simple circuits. Our final project? A robot, that had to do something. My partner and I decided on a robot that would not only pour you a beer, but the perfect beer. It measures the volume of your glass and then pours you your beer based off of your input choices.
The video below was taken tonight after we got the bugs worked out. I've got straight water in the kegs cause it would be to expensive (or I'd get to druk) testing with beer!
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_DoMDB97eo]YouTube - iDRINK the robot[/ame]
Many of you know I went back to school to get my engineering degree. I just started out, and as required I had to take the intro to engineering course at my community college.
As part of the class, we learned about micro controllers and simple circuits. Our final project? A robot, that had to do something. My partner and I decided on a robot that would not only pour you a beer, but the perfect beer. It measures the volume of your glass and then pours you your beer based off of your input choices.
The video below was taken tonight after we got the bugs worked out. I've got straight water in the kegs cause it would be to expensive (or I'd get to druk) testing with beer!
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_DoMDB97eo]YouTube - iDRINK the robot[/ame]