Robotic kitchen assistant including universal utensil gripping assembly
AssigneeMiso Robotics, Inc.
InventorsRyan Sinnet, Robert Anderson, William Werst
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Abstract
A robotic kitchen assistant for frying includes a robotic arm, a fryer basket, and a robotic arm adapter assembly allowing the robotic arm to pick up and manipulate the fryer basket. The robotic arm adapter includes opposing gripping members to engage the fryer basket. A utensil adapter assembly is mounted to the handle of the fryer basket, and the opposing gripper members are actuated to capture a three-dimensional (3D) feature of the utensil adapter assembly. The robotic arm adapter assembly can include an agitator mechanism to shake the fryer basket or another utensil as desired. Related methods are also described.
Claims18
A robotic kitchen assistant for carrying out a food preparation step comprises:
- a robotic arm;
- a utensil and a utensil adapter assembly removably mounted to the utensil;
- and
- a robotic arm adapter having a proximal end coupled to the robotic arm and a distal portion adapted to releasably engage the utensil adapter assembly;
- wherein the utensil adapter assembly comprises a clamp to engage the utensil, a target feature to be captured by the distal portion of the robotic arm adapter, and a target marker mount spaced from the target feature by an elongate body and adapted to hold a computer vision marker.
An automated robotic kitchen system for carrying out a food preparation step using a utensil comprising:
- a robotic arm comprising a distal portion;
- a gripper assembly coupled to the distal portion for securely grasping a target removably fastened to the utensil;
- a utensil adapter assembly comprising the target, a clamping assembly for clamping to the utensil, and a marker mount for holding a computer vision marker coupled to the target by an extended body member thereby spacing a computer vision marker from the target;
- at least one sensor or camera;
- a processor operable to instruct the robotic arm and gripper assembly based on input from the at least one sensor or camera to:
- locate the target;
- move the gripper assembly to the target;
- grasp the target;
- move the utensil;
- and
- release the utensil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.