Teabot v1 specification

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must haves

  • Hot water dispense
  • Flashy lights
  • Milk dispense
  • Theatre
  • Tea bag dispense
  • Sugar dispense
  • Data collection (feedback + orering info)
  • Big manual ordering buttons
  • Guarding from hot water
  • All dials/options must go to 11
  • Inefficient and entertaining
  • Easy to transport
  • Easy to set up
  • Mains powered
  • Compatible with at least one cup design
  • One cup at a time
  • Dispense order options
  • Timing options
  • Dedicated cup position
  • Fits on one standard desk
  • Scaleable
  • Modular
  • Very simple 'minimum viable product'
  • Hitchin hackerspace branded
  • Preset tea orders

nice to haves

  • Sponsorship
  • Sound effects
  • Battery powered
  • One person operation
  • Can serve multiple cups at once
  • Mashing
  • Stirring
  • Squeezing
  • Stirring direction
  • Milk type
  • Milk quantity
  • Whipped cream
  • Cocoa dusting
  • Tea type
  • Water temperature
  • Lemon
  • Honey
  • Irish
  • Built in filming/webcam/timelapse
  • Web ordering
  • Web notification
  • Cup naming
  • Compatible with common cup/mug designs
  • Safety sensor
  • Ordering over telnet
  • Ordering over twitter
  • Voice recognition
  • Touchscreen
  • Live graphing
  • Pantone programming
  • Loose leaf tea
  • Reliable
  • Total flexibiity on cup/mug positioning
  • QR code programming
  • Punch card programming
  • catapult for tea bag disposal
  • catapult for sugar cube dispense