Automated food frying system

An automated food frying system comprising:

• an enclosure defining a robot workspace from a human workspace;
• a robotic arm arranged within the robot workspace;
• a plurality of functional stations comprising:
• a dispensing station for dispensing raw food into a designated location within the enclosure;
• a food transfer station arranged within the enclosure to receive the raw food from the dispensing station, and operable transfer the raw food to a fry basket;
• a fry station arranged within the enclosure and comprising at least one fryer for frying the fry basket of raw food into cooked food;
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• an auto-drawer station arranged within the enclosure comprising at least one drawer movable from a retracted first configuration within the enclosure to an extended second configuration through an ingress window outside of the enclosure, and wherein the at least one drawer and ingress window are arranged, sized and operable to transfer a fry basket between a human outside of the enclosure and the robotic arm inside of the enclosure without the human or robotic arm penetrating a boundary defined by the enclosure;
• a computer system programmed to control the plurality of functional stations and robotic arm to dispense the raw food to either a basin or a fry basket, transfer the raw food to the fry basket if not already in the fry basket, fry the raw food, transfer the cooked food to an egress area for transferring the cooked food from inside the enclosure to outside the enclosure.