US 2024/0324823 A1Published application

System and method for providing meal order, preparation and delivery service

AssigneeRemy Robotics Sl

InventorsEgor Ivanov, Manel TERRAZA FARRÉ, Vasilii ARTEMEV, Pablo CARRASCO ZANINI, Andres Feli NAVAS ESCOBAR, Min Gu KWON, Matteo MENNA, Aleksandr ANDREEV, Iunus ZAITAEV, John Alexander HUTT

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Abstract

A system and method for providing meal order, preparation and delivery service includes an order receiving unit for receiving an order for a meal selected from a plurality of offered meals of different types, a meal storage and preservation unit for storing and preserving the meal before preparation, a meal preparation unit for preparing the meal, and an output part for outputting the meal prepared with the meal preparation unit. A container for containing the meal therein is configured such that the meal can be stored, preserved, prepared and dispensed by the meal storage and preservation unit, the meal preparation unit, the output part, respectively, while the meal is contained in the container. A robotic device includes a manipulator for moving the container is arranged so each of the meal storage and preservation unit, the meal preparation unit and the output part are within the operating range of the manipulator.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A system for providing meal order, preparation and delivery service, comprising:

an order receiving unit configured to receive an order for a meal selected from a plurality of offered meals of different types;
a meal storage and preservation unit configured to store and preserve the meal before preparation thereof;
a meal preparation unit configured to prepare the meal;
an output part for outputting the meal prepared with the meal preparation unit thereto,
a container for containing the meal therein, configured such that the meal can be stored, preserved, prepared and dispensed by the meal storage and preservation unit, the meal preparation unit, the output part, respectively, while the meal is contained in the container;
a robotic device comprising a manipulator configured to move the container, including a holding means configured to hold the container, the robotic device being arranged so that each of the meal storage and preservation unit, the meal preparation unit and the output part are within the operating range of the manipulator;
and
a control unit, comprising:
a processor communicatively coupled to the robotic device;
and
a non-transitory memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing data related to the order and the meal into a database and instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to control the robotic device to successively:
remove the container from the meal storage and preservation unit;
place the container into the meal preparation unit;
remove the container from the meal preparation unit;
and
move the container to the output part.

13 more elements

A method for providing meal order, preparation and delivery service, comprising:

at a first location:
pre-preparing a meal in a first preparation step;
and
putting the meal in a container after pre-preparing the meal;
transferring the container to a second location remote from the first location;
at the second location:
providing a robotic system for autonomously preparing the meal, comprising a robotic device having a manipulator, including a holding means configured to hold the container;
placing the container in a meal storage and preservation unit configured to store and preserve the meal in the container;
receiving an order for the meal, and successively, in response to the order, by the robotic device:
removing the container from the meal storage and preservation unit;
placing the container into a meal preparation unit configured to prepare the meal;
removing the container from the meal preparation unit when the meal preparation unit has finished preparing;
and
outputting the container containing the meal prepared with the meal preparation unit, and
delivering the dispensed container containing the meal from the second location to a customer that placed the order.

12 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.