The latest version can now prepare and serve up to 100 drinks per hour and refill 1,200 glasses. In addition to its plug-and-play nature, Yanu is cloud-based, easy to operate, and comes with apps for administration, monitoring, and drink ordering. The Yanu robot can also communicate with patrons and is fully autonomous other bartending bots are non-communicative, only semi-autonomous and can require weeks to set up. Unlike other robotic bartenders on the market, Adojaan’s solution is compact and mobile, able to be collapsed into a 20-foot shipping container for transport. For these reasons, Adojaan and his team designed and developed Yanu using Solid Edge®, entering the Siemens’ ecosystem as a member of the Startup Program in 2019. Turning such an ambitious idea into reality, especially when “no one took me seriously at first,” Adojaan says, required the latest in robotics design technology and computer-aided design (CAD) software.

Although not everything ran smoothly that time, the interest of the public proved to Alan Adojaan that he was right on track. During that first test, the robot served 46 drinks in 5 hours. When presenting their first model to the public, they received overwhelmingly positive feedback from the local press and the testing clients. Within four years, Adojaan and his team of designers and engineers developed the first prototype of an autonomous bar. But this rejection didn’t discourage Adojaan, on the contrary, it only made him try harder and think through the whole idea again.Īlan Adojaan, CEO and founder of Yanu, an Estonia-based robotics company Realizing an innovation with little supportĪdojaan managed to find a couple of skilled designers with previous experiences developing futuristic high-tech interiors and hired them. To turn this idea into reality, he consulted the local university of Tallinn, but they told him that the project would not be feasible, and human operators would still be required to run the conveyor belt. “I saw that most bars in my neighborhood were facing the same challenges, I assumed that there would possibly be a market for such a solution.”įirst, he envisioned that a machine, like those running sushi restaurants, could help serve more drinks to customers. “That was the moment when I started thinking that there must be another solution for this”, said Alan Adojaan. On the other hand, during the week the staff had little to do, so problems like high staffing and fixed costs appeared. Some of them left before ordering which cost the bar income and new clients. How a crazy idea took shapeīack in 2016, Adojaan noticed that especially during the weekends his bar ended up in a complete chaos because a lot of customers were in line, waiting for their drink. Read this blog post and find out how Alan Adojaan and his team used Solid Edge from Siemens to develop this very special bartender.

Powered by the user app, in combination with an intuitive easy mobile payment system and One-Touch ordering, this will provide a smooth enjoyable experience. And it gets even better, his contactless and unstaffed bar can run independently 24/7 at locations like airports, hotel lobbies and casinos.ĭeveloped in Estonia, this concept reduces the long waiting line to get a drink and eliminates the chance of a human bartender getting the drink order wrong. The communicative human-like AI chatbot elevates the quality of the experience to an entirely new level. Meet Yanu, the AI Bartender robot that serves you even after closing hoursĪfter working in hospitality for many years, Alan Adojaan decided the best thing was yet to come: By developing his own AI-based bartender robot, he is now able to host his clients no matter what time they decide to have a drink.

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