Bubble Lab，a robotics company which is composed of mechanical engineers and product designers. It is mainly engaged in robot experiment, mechanical design, research, development and commercial modification. And now it has two new pieces of advanced hardware products called Drip and Drop, which is heading towards the specialty coffee market later this year.

The Drop is a counter-mounted automatic milk dispenser. The Drip is an automated, mostly under-counter robotic pourover arm that emerges on command to gracefully and dramatically position itself over the user’s choice of pourover brewer and deliver water in a user-designated pattern, temperature and flow profile. It then disappears back down into the surface of the counter.

The company’s aim with the theatrics of the Drip is to accentuate coffee’s status as more than just a beverage, but a matter of culture, ritual and shared experience. And in order to sustain this ritual experience, Bubble Lab created this sunrise and sunset ritual movements.

The forthcoming Drip is a reimagined single-arm system intended for pourover brewing, although the company said it is also technically capable of delivering water for a slow-drip cold brew application. Connected to an undercounter hot water system, the Drip arm emerges from the countertop and folds into a right angle, using sensors to “map” the location and dimensions of the Kalita, Hario, Chemex or other brewer placed by the user.

The matte-finish, lightweight aluminum arm moves side to side holding a spout that moves back and forth to execute user-designated brewing parameters, as inputted through an app that also offers web-based social recipe-sharing features. Users can also settle on default recipes and profiles that are preset by the manufacturer or by coffee shop management.

Drop is a smart fresh milk dispenser, delivering the white stuff perfectly chilled and always fresh. Place your jug beneath the tap and Drop gives you a precise serving. A coaster-like platform beneath the aviation-grade, anodized aluminum dispenser automatically recognizes RFID tags stuck to the user’s choice of pitcher to dispense user-designated volumes of milk upon positioning the pitcher. A large button on the dispenser head also lets users draw random amounts on demand.

Cleaning the Drop will be a daily activity, Bubble Lab Brand Manager Micky Wang said, and it is accomplished by holding the button for five seconds to activate a flushing mode that runs the pump at its maximum speed for several minutes. Currently, each Drop head dispenses only one type of milk at a time, although the company is reportedly working on developing single-head multi-milk capabilities including an automatic flushing mechanism to clear the system when switching between milks.

Bubble Lab’s Drip and Drop equipment is being manufactured in China by the same manufacturing partners that handle products by Sony and Samsung, according to the company. Wang said Bubble Lab has distribution partnerships lined up for the products’ release in the United States, and will announce pricing information later this year.

Source：Bubble Lab