This invention describes a robot system that assembles custom food orders, like sandwiches, on a prep table. Robots use various tools to pick ingredients from containers without directly touching the food. The system aims to speed up order fulfillment by coordinating multiple robots, computers, and smart measuring devices, and includes a safety interlock that stops the robots if a door is opened.
Why it matters: Filed before advanced AI/ML optimization for complex scheduling and multi-robot coordination became widely accessible. The software for dynamic batching and thruput optimization is now far more feasible.
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