Korean AI robotics company XYZ first showed Barisbrew Max, its next robot barista, at RoboWorld 2026 at KINTEX in Goyang from 4 to 7 November, and ran it as a working drinks service for visitors. According to the company's count, it made 3,027 drinks over the four days.
XYZ says a set-up with two robots can make up to 250 drinks an hour. An order clustering system links several kiosks with several drink-making robots and shares the orders out among them, for places where orders come in bursts, such as large offices, shopping complexes and exhibition halls.
The company said its Barisbrew line had made 1.3 million drinks in total, about 150,000 a month, when the new model was shown. It plans to offer the system to large shops, company offices and residential communities.
Song Ho-jin, head of XYZ's robot business group, said a robot barista's value lies in how much it is actually used after installation and how well it handles orders on site.
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Barisbrew Max
Robot barista
XYZ's next robot barista, which links several kiosks and drink-making robots in one ordering system.
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Song Ho-jin
Head of XYZ's robot business group
Head of the robot business group at XYZ.
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