GE's Barista Bots are exactly what SXSW needs: coffee printing robotic arms

The best way to get the attention of a bunch of sleep-deprived, possibly hungover SXSW Interactive attendees? Coffee-slinging robotic arms, naturally. GE's fully embracing Austin's caffeinated food trick culture with a pair of Barista Bots, arms that operate similarly to your standard 3D printer, moving along the X, Y, Z axes to extrude coffee through a syringe, atop of a latte's foam. The process starts when one of the robot's human barista counterparts takes a shot of an image with a webcam, d...