Remember being a kid and watching filmstrips about how robots were going to change our lives and free us from mundane tasks. Well, this isn’t exactly Johnny 5 but it is remote controlled and looks like a robot. What’s more you can build it yourself and best of all it makes drinks. The plans don’t seem terribly difficult or expensive and are fairly well laid out.
Here’s the official site, it’s got great pictures of all the materials used. It brings a tear to my bleary eye to see this perfect marriage of innovation genius and leisure. As the great Yakov Smirnoff would say, “America: What a country!”

Here’s a video of BAR2D2 in action

BAR2D2’s creator is continuing to tweak his invention. he recently added an automated drink maker so you can choose from a variety of drinks and have it made for you.