Barney the Swiss robot bartender ready to shake up cocktails

A robotic arm serves a Campari Soda long drink at the Barney Cocktail Bar of the Swiss F&P Robotics company in Zurich, Switzerland, April 16, 2021. Picture taken April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

ZURICH (Reuters) - Barney is a bit different from your usual Swiss bartender. He is fully automated, mixes dozens of cocktails and even makes terrible jokes.

Developer F & P Robotics says it is seeing rising interest in "The Barney Bar" and hopes it will be a hit among hotels, bars and shopping centres looking to reduce human contact during and after the coronavirus pandemic.