Abstract: An automated cup dispenser with a dispenser body having an internal passageway dimensioned to hold a stack of cups and an electronically-controlled cup dispenser configured to selectively release a bottom cup from the stack of cups. The automated cup dispenser includes circuitry configured to: receive a command indicative of one or more cups to be dispensed; and activate the electronically-controlled cup dispenser in response to receiving the command to dispense one or more cups based on the command.