WineBot - Wine Tasting Robot

NEC and Mie University have worked together to create a robot that not only passes you a bottle of wine but also can establish if it's a good one or not but can name the brand and recommend some cheese!

“There are all kinds of robots out there doing many different things,” said Hideo Shimazu, director of the NEC System Technology Research Laboratory and a joint-leader of the robot project. “But we decided to focus on wine because that seemed like a real challenge.”
Although it speaks in a child-like voice could be off-putting but it can be programmed to recommend types of wine the owner prefers because it can analyse the chemical compostion of any wine it "tastes".

If you like your wine and have a few hundred quid to spare then you may like to buy one. Or if you're like me and occassionaly goes out and have one, a few quid on "house red" will suffice.