Baked product kiosk

A kiosk for storing, displaying, and distributing a plurality of baked units, the kiosk comprising:

• a housing defining a chamber therein;
• a transition assembly positioned at least partially within the chamber and configured to support one or more of the baked units;
• a carrier configured to move horizontally and vertically within the chamber, the carrier being configured to receive and carry one or more of the baked units;
• one or more sensing elements configured to obtain data associated with one or more of the baked units along the production path, then data comprising baked unit parameters including one or more of a height, a color, a surface topography, a temperature, a volume, and/or a shape of the individual baked units;
• a plurality of racks disposed within the chamber and individually configured to support one or more of the baked units;
• a controller coupled to the carrier and the sensors, the controller comprising tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the kiosk to perform one, some, or all of the operations comprising:
• retract a portion of the transition assembly towards the baked unit,
• rotate the transition assembly and baked unit towards the carrier,
• move the carrier proximate the transition assembly to transfer the baked unit from the transition assembly,
• move the carrier away from the transition assembly to deliver the baked unit to one of the plurality of racks, and/or move the carrier to retrieve a particular baked unit from its rack and deliver the particular baked unit to the dispensing area.