Vision systems have emerged as innovative and powerful tools thanks to their remarkable versatility, adaptability to diverse scenarios and good performance even with cheap hardware configurations. This thesis presents a practical example of application of these innovative systems, which is the integration of a vision sensor into the sensing set of a robotic bartender to “upgrade” its detection capabilities. The analysed machine is “Compatto”, which is one of the latest releases in the field of fully automated systems for bartending and has been developed by the Turin-based company MakrShakr. The idea underlying the dissertation is that it is possible to substitute the photoelectric sensors with a single camera, to obtain a great increase in the flexibility of the system, lowering at the same time the machine production costs, without losing any efficiency.