Automatic cooking system and material handling system with multiple motion control mechanism

A central food processing unit in an automatic cooking and material handling system, comprising:

• at least one cell for material processing and cooking;
• an input unit;
• at least one of a cutting unit, a mixer unit, a grinder unit, a crusher unit, a shaper unit, a layering unit, a filter unit, a heating unit, and any combinations thereof;
• an outlet unit;
• a solid circuit for providing a path for the material to move from one point to another point in the central food processing unit;
• and
• a moving unit for moving the material.

A multiple motion control mechanism for providing multiple, parallel, independent, programmable, motion control, comprising:

• a common driving unit for driving said multiple motion control mechanism;
• at least one rotating drum;
• and
• a cable pair, wherein one end of the cable pair is fixed and wound on said at least one rotating drum, and the other end is attached to an object to be moved, wherein movement of the object is controlled by rotation of the at least one rotating drum, said rotation being driven by a common shaft of said common driving unit.