Which Mass. cafe has the best robot barista?

The race to perfect a robotic coffee barista is on. More companies, including North Billerica startup P!ng, are building automated coffee machines.

They say it’s an effort to get your morning coffee faster.

Scott Kirsner, a contributing columnist for WBUR's editorial partner MassLive, visited some of the new local robotic kiosks. He joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about who is winning the race for autonomous cafes and what he thinks of the coffee.