No Robots in Robot Bar

By Steve Kettmann

2:00 a.m. March 7, 2002 PST

BERLIN — A tiny automated bar in Berlin’s hip Mitte District has attracted attention far and wide, thanks to an Internet posting this month urging people “(to) visit the Automaten Bar to have a drink served by a robot.”

One small problem: As cutting-edge as the lounge is, patrons will work up quite a thirst if they wait to be served by a robot.

“We all laughed at that,” said Torsten Oetken, one of nine organizers. “There are no robots.”

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