Listen, CES 2026 is full of AI gadgets, and a lot of them are kind of the same. Some AI gadgets transcribe things; some help you game; some remember your favorite color or whatever. But only one—one—to my knowledge can get you drunk.
The R1, which caught my eye at CES 2026, is what a company called Breakreal is billing as an “AI bartender,” which is probably exactly what you think it is. It’s like a Bartesian cocktail machine, but it uses AI to slop up your cocktail with a little AI personalization. With the R1, you can use a companion app to have the device make you a personalized cocktail catered to your mood, or preference of alcohol. You can even tell it to just shut up and make you a good ol’ fashioned old-fashioned.
I’ve seen a water cooler that talks to you.
Bad news: One of them is wood alcohol.
That’s my mood tho.
Look, who am I to tell someone not to go blind. Not for me but you gotta do you.
An automated bar vending machine would actually be pretty cool without the AI.
Keurig tried this and they literally exited the market. Bartesian is mid.
A legitimate set of Kuka or ABB arms mixing drinks? That would be badass.
I wasn’t talking about a personal home appliance, I was talking about a vending machine. That’s way too simple of a device to justify professional robotics. Just needs tubing and pump(s) (theoretically).
AI alcoholics.
