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This Robot Drinking Buddy Will Keep You Company On Solo Nights Out (Video)

by Gillian Fuller

For all the alcoholics and depressed single folk of the world, one inventor has the solution: Drinky, the robotic drinking buddy.

The gadget, seen in the video above, was created by South Korean inventor Eunchan Park after a particularly depressing solo Christmas.

On YouTube, Park writes,

On Christmas in 2012, I drank Soju alone because I had no girlfriend at th[e] time. Drinking alone was definitely terrible… This is why I made this robot.

The robot is programmed to match the drinker shot for shot and will even give a cheerful thumbs-up after each completed glass. A jar supporting the bot holds the liquor, which can be recycled (read: drunk) once you find a real, live human to imbibe with.

Yes, drinking with a robot is arguably more depressing than drinking alone. But with enough tequila (or vodka, whatever, I don't discriminate), you might not even notice Drinky is an inanimate object. #Goals.

Check out Drinky in the video up top.

Citations: Youll never drink alone again with this South Korean robot boozing buddy (Mashable)