Breakfast Bot
We built Breakfast Bot early on in the pandemic. Breakfast Bot is a series of interactive, collaborative streaming events that invites a Twitch audience to collaborate on making breakfasts, snacks, or meals for the stream hosts (Megan and Jackson).
Credits:
Jackson Ammenheuser, Megan Jedrysiak
Made with support from Laboratory Residency
Image above is diagram of the Breakfast Bot. It is composed of several devices that dispense food according to commands sent from our Twitch audience.
How It Works
Twitch users submit commands to Breakfast Bot by using our designed interface. Through Twitch users’ clicks, Breakfast Bot responds in real time to prepare food for the stream hosts.
Then we eat whatever our Twitch audience makes.
During Our Streams
We’ve made a variety of things from breakfast tacos, s’mores, coffee, and pizza.
Our Aim
Our aim was to connect with friends and anyone online. Many travel and social distancing restrictions were put on across the globe, leaving many isolated. This project was built to counter our own isolation to encourage a safe place to gather, collaborate, and care through sharing a meal online.
We always look forward to see what Twitch creates for us to eat on stream. And maybe soon, we'll see y'all at breakfast?? ☕️🥄🥞
UChicago Paper
We wrote a paper presenting Breakfast Bot at a Human Computer Interaction conference hosted by UChicago. You can read the paper below.
