Robotic inventory dispensary operational enhancements

A robotic inventory dispensary, comprising:

• a robot;
• a storage unit to store a plurality of storage bins in respective storage cells;
• a consumer kiosk, the consumer kiosk including an input device to obtain an identifier of a product item and an output device to present a user interface that outputs a status of an attempted retrieval of the product item;
• at least one sensor attached to the robot or the storage unit, the at least one sensor to provide sensor data of the attempted retrieval of the product item by the robot, wherein the attempted retrieval of the product item includes access to a location of a particular storage bin of the plurality of storage bins that hosts the product item and movement of the particular storage bin;
• and
• a controller to control operation of the robot to interact with the storage unit, wherein the controller is adapted to:
• select and reserve the product item stored in the particular storage bin based on the identifier of the product item;
• control movement of the robot to obtain the product item from the location of the particular storage bin in the storage unit;
• and
• detect environmental and operational conditions from the sensor data relating to the movement of the robot and attempted retrieval of the particular storage bin with the robot;
• wherein the movement of the robot is further controlled by the controller in response to the detected environmental and operational conditions.

A method for operation of a robotic inventory dispensary, the robotic inventory dispensary including a robot, a storage unit to store a plurality of storage bins, at least one sensor, and a controller, and the method to perform electronic operations with the controller including:

• receiving a request to move a particular storage bin of the plurality of storage bins from the storage, the particular storage bin to host a product item;
• collecting sensor data from the at least one sensor to observe a state of the particular storage bin;
• determining environmental and operational conditions of the particular storage bin from the sensor data;
• and
• controlling operation of the robot upon the storage unit to attempt movement of the particular storage bin with the robot;
• changing a movement of the robot based on the environmental and operational conditions determined from the sensor data.