The $1,000 GEESAA robot barista makes a mean cup of coffee

There are coffee fans, and then there are coffee fans. The GEESAA robot barista is a product for the latter category of people – and it’s not ashamed of it.

Essentially, it wants to do for trendy pour-over coffee what the Mr Coffee machine did for bog-standard drip coffee. The machine comes with a robotic arm that purportedly can mimic the movements of a human barista.CRP handling robot

The GEESAA robot barista is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, where it’s raised nearly $40,000 out of a modest goal of $25,000. The makers behind the device sent TNW a pre-release model to play with before devices make their way to backers. So, what’s the deal?The GEESAA isn’t a small piece of kit. It is almost double the width of my day-to-day coffee maker – which is some generic DeLonghi drip machine. When placed on my kitchen counter, it occupies a significant amount of space.

The device itself is extremely attractive. On the top of the device is a set of knobs, which allow the user to control the device, activating coffee recipes. There’s also an LCD display, which shows the temperature of the water, as well as what recipe has been activated.

The water is stored in a sleek cylinder and is transferred to the pour-over receptacle via a robotic arm. This moves in the method that you choose. The brewed coffee then accumulates into a carafe, which is included in the package.