Abstract: A robot for serving a product dispensed from a product dispenser to a customer including a processor and a robotic arm. The processor stores a predetermined instruction set and generates command signals according to the instruction set. The robotic arm is responsive to certain ones of the command signals for transferring the dispensed product from a product dispense location to a position adjacent the customer for removal by the customer. The robot may further comprise a communications system for storing a set of predetermined messages and is responsive to certain other ones of the command signals for announcing selected ones of the messages. Furthermore, the robot may further include a transport system for transferring the dispensed product from the position adjacent the customer, the product dispense location and the position adjacent the customer beyond reach of the customer, to a position within reach of the customer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 31, 1988
Date of Patent:
December 26, 1989
Assignee:
Cofusa Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors:
Alfonso Alcaraz, Gerardo Aguilar, Mauricio Gonzalez, Antonio Elizarraraz