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this is the unofficial battle of the CES robot baristas this year at CES a handful of boost featured large robotic arms that made hot caffeinated beverages after having three different barista robots make me coffee tea and a cappuccino which one did it the best the competitors weighing in at several hundred pounds having only one arm and able to make a latte cappuccino or americano it's the Boche next up traveling all the way from China sporting an orange paint job and able to make a cup of fresh tea it's the Abu and our last robot barista clad in Chrome having not one but two robotic arms and able to make a pour-over cup of coffee it's the Denso first test customer service the Bosch robot won this test easily it asks for my name gave me a choice of beverages and wished me well when it gave me my cappuccino the robot did not talk but rather protected words onto a countertop I could even tap on options and presented me and it would understand my responses both the Abu and the Denso robots gave me no such interaction next test making drinks whereas the Bosch cappuccino robot was all about customer service the Abu T robot heated a kettle of water scooped a spoonful of tea leaves poured hot water over the tea leaves and poured the tea into a cup the Bosch robots prep was kind of lackluster it only puts a couple of buttons on an automated machine the Machine did the rest boring but the winner for making drinks was the Denso coffee robot with its two robotic arms that worked in sync the robot put grounds into the filter with one arm while the second arm poured hot water over those grounds when the Denso robot removed the filter and grounds one arm picked up the spent filter while the other moved the glass pot underneath to catch any dripping delicious into the final test the taste test the cappuccino the Busch robot named tasted as good as a cappuccino from Starbucks the cup even had my name on it spelled correctly the cup of tea the Abu robot made was delicious but the cup of pour over coffee from the Denso robot was the best hands down so this year's winner of the unofficial Battle of the CES robot baristas is the Denso despite its quiet engagement the dinger robot made the best beverage and put on the best show see you next year for another unofficial battle of the CES robot barista