Shanghai-based ROBO SPACE showcased its AI-powered entertainment and hospitality technologies during the three-day G2E Asia + Asian IR Expo at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo, featuring a robot band system and an automated coffee and cocktail-making robotic arm aimed at integrated resorts (IRs) and hotels.
The exhibition concludes today.
Speaking to the Post at the exhibition yesterday, ROBO SPACE staff member, who identified himself as Chill, introduced the company’s “Robot Band” system, which combines self-developed hardware and software with AI music adaptation technology.
According to the company’s flyer, the robot musicians are equipped with wireless remote-control and upgrade functions, while the system delivers a high-precision guitar performance capable of reproducing delicate musical details with up to 1mm precision. The band’s leading robot is from the brand Unitree* , Chill pointed out. The flyer adds that the modular quick-change system allows multiple machines to coordinate and switch freely between instruments including drums, keyboards and string instruments, supporting diverse musical performances.
Meanwhile, the company also demonstrated its automated coffee and cocktail robotic arm, which can complete beverage preparation through a fully automated process. “This is a coffee arm. The AI robotic arm can be used as both a bartender and a waiter”, Chill said during the demonstration, elaborating that the machine can prepare drinks by automatically selecting ingredients according to customised recipes programmed through the company’s application system.
“At first, the robotic bartender takes ingredients from the bottles. Different recipes use different ingredients, which can be customised by customers through our application”, Chill said.
The flyer points out that the robotic system integrates an espresso machine, automatic tamping system and intelligent milk frothing technology, while supporting one-click production of different coffee beverages, adding that the machine can produce a cup within around 50 seconds.
The flyer also highlights the system’s AI latte art function, which allows customised designs and patterns. When asked whether the product had already entered the local market, Chill said the machines are currently only available domestically [in the Chinese mainland]. “At the moment, it is only available domestically and not yet in Macau. We have not applied for licences in Macau or Hong Kong because policies differ between countries and regions”, Chill said, hoping that “organisations such as hotels and resorts will adopt this technology”.
*Hangzhou-based Unitree Robotics is one of the world’s most prominent robotics companies, widely recognised for making high-performance legged robots accessible at consumer and industrial price points. – Gemini
ROBO SPACE’s “Coffee Arm” prepares a beverage during the three-day G2E Asia + Asian IR Expo at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo yesterday. – Photos: Khalel Vallo
