Engineering360: "Robot Barista Debuts at Japanese Cafe"

This simply furthers numerous and organized efforts to demean and trivialize the dignity of human labor. I don't care to have conversation with a machine. I am perfectly willing to pay $5 for a latte in order that a fellow human being has a dignified, meaningful job. Yes, I'm one of the stalwart that avoids self-checkout whenever possible. Today it's your neighbor's job serving coffee and sandwiches. Tomorrow it's your job. Think about it.

Human labor that sneezes on your order, or simply gets it wrong. Robots taking over the world....that isn't going to happen. Same thing was assumed at Chrysler, Ford, Chevrolet when robots started doing work people should never do anyhow.