First came Connie, Hilton’s robot concierge, which — or perhaps who — made its debut last year in McLean Virginia. Then came DoorDash’s robot food delivery service. The cute little six-wheeled robots have begun zipping around Redwood City, R2-D2 style. And now, there are robot baristas.

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New downtown San Jose transit village comes into view Cafe X opened its first robotic coffeehouse in the U.S. at San Francisco’s Metreon this morning. According to the press materials, the cafe hardware and software “blend(s) the functionality of baristas with specialty coffee preparation methods.” Order that latte, Americano or Cortado ($2.25 and up) at the cafe kiosk — or use the Cafe X app to order ahead — and a Mitsubishi robot arm will fetch your drink the moment it’s ready.

We’re not worried about what’s in the cup — the robots are pouring coffee from Oakland’s AKA Coffee, Berkeley-based Peet’s and Santa Cruz’s Verve. We’re fretting over the robots’ ability to draw hearts and fern fronds in our cappuccino foam.

Find Cafe X at the Metreon, 135 Fourth St., San Francisco; https://cafexapp.com.

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