FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As if you needed another reason to order drinks on a cruise, soon you’ll be able to buy a cocktail made by a robot bartender aboard Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas. And ...

Rarely have so many of my favorite words cohabited in the same sentence. But that was the recommendation I got upon boarding Royal Caribbean’s so-awesome-it’s-ridiculous ship, Quantum of the Seas. The ...

A bartender called N1-C fixed my drink, but he couldn’t listen to my woes. That’s because N1-C is a robot. He and his pal, B1-O, man a Bionic Bar — the only such bar anywhere in the world — and it’s ...

Quantum of the Seas' Bionic Bar mixes your drink in about a minute Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas features a bartender like you've probably never seen. Watch as the Bionic Bar mixes one cruiser ...

ABOARD QUANTUM OF THE SEAS - I am the cruise industry's biggest problem: the avid traveler who is reluctant to sail. I've been lucky enough to have hiked glaciers in Iceland, visited ancient ruins in ...

Automation has been in a slow burn of permeating every industry and occupation on the planet. From automobiles to customer service, computers and machines have become commonplace as the backbone of ...