A South Korean inventor has built a robot drinking buddy to keep him company when consuming alcoholic beverages. He shared in a YouTube video that he stopped drinking soju (Korean alcohol) during Christmas 2012 because he had no girlfriend then and was tired of drinking alone.  

Eunchan Park's solution was to pour an extra glass of alcohol in front of him. It cheered him up and he claims it made the soju taste better because a quasi-drinking partner was present.

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Drinky the robot does everything a human drinking companion would do. That includes taking shots, getting red cheeks while drinking alcohol, and lifting its glass for a "cheers" before guzzling the booze, according to People.  

When Drinky's glass is empty it knows it is time for a refill. The robot then motions the human to fill up the glass, according to Daily Mail.

In addition, the alcohol the robot drinks can be "recycled." It is collected in a clear glass jar attached to the base of the android, so it can be drunk again by the machine or digested by a human.

Art Center Nabi is supporting Park's drinking robot. The Seoul museum's goal is to transform "cultural desires" into important human activities.

Park does not have plans to produce a retail version of Drinky. However, he will create plans so anyone can build their own alcohol-drinking machine.  

The recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016 in Las Vegas also introduced many new robots. They included the barbecue grill-cleaning Grillbot.

The $129 robot includes three metal bristles that allow the machine to move around and clean the greasy grill. It also includes a rechargeable battery.

 However, the grill's temperature must be around 200 degrees Fahrenheit before Grillbot will work. The robo cleaner's alarm sounds if the grill is too hot for it to function.

Lego also unveiled its WeDo 2.0 robotics kit at CES 216. It provides everything an elementary child would need to build robots, and learn some science and engineering during the process.

The robots are programmed via a drag-and-drop system for PCs and tablets. Lego's robot kit includes all the parts, motors, and sensors required to build an android.