London: Yet another moment of victory was registered in human's diary when London's top bartenders were able to defend their dignity in front a cadre of robots who challenged them in a cocktail competition.
Makr Shakr invented a cocktail-making robot which claimed to be the first robotic bartender catered for the mass market. It uses two six-axis robotic arms to shake, stir and muddle drinks to near millimetre precision.
The robot name 'Toni' was launched in April 2019 can make 80 drinks in an hour.
Its movement was designed on the gestures of Macro Pelle, Italian dancer and choreographer from the New York's theatre ballet.
Product Manager Lorenzo Risitano said, "He can shake, he can mix in all the ways he wants. He can filter the cocktail, he can put to ice, he can crush ice, he can put lime, lemon, white and brown sugar, and quite to 200 ingredients, different ingredients, to create a new cocktail."
The battle between man and machine is a millennium-old story filled with a rich competitive spirit and technological surprise.
London's Barbican Centre staged a cocktail competition in which seven of London's top bartenders charged against Makr Shakr creation.
Although the cocktails will be judged based on taste, speed and appearance.
Cohen took the first round in which Mark Shakr and the barmen were told to make a traditional Negroni cocktail.
The competitors were asked to make their bespoke drink in which Mark Shakr's robot made a sweet-tasting blue coloured cocktail.
However, it didn't go well with the judges. From the human side, Mikey Pendergast from the East London Liquor Company won the round.
Robots were always tagged magnificent beings as they act as the reflection of mankind. They were designed to ease the complicated process. Which is why they are called the perfect specimen.
But still, in the end, it is the human who conquers the first position.
