Inspirationtada
We were tired of creating our own drinks and wanted to make a hack that would automatically pour any concoction we order.
How it works
We created a mobile app using Ionic which sends data to our Rasberry Pi server. The server then sends serial data to an Arduino to turn on servo motors that pour the drink. We read a scale throughout the process to determine how much liquid to pour.
Challenges I ran into
We encountered several hardware issues. Our Arduino board fried in the last hour of the hackathon, our LED strip didn't have enough current to power up until the last hour also. Some of our motors died near the end as well.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We came prepared with our idea and actually got it to work! We had divided our tasks up between server side, app development, and hardware connections, and we each figured out our tasks and implemented it.
What I learned
We learned that nothing goes smoothly when working with this much hardware.
What's next for Robartender
We're planning to fix the faulty motors, and add more customization to the app to make the user experience even better.
Built With
- arduino
- hardware
- ionic
- neopixel
- raspberry-pi
- scale
- servo
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