Mesh network around core store with beverage robot and associated systems and methods

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations for controlling operation of system having one or more beverage robots at a core vending location, the operations comprising:

• receiving a plurality of orders from a plurality of peripheral vending locations, wherein each individual order in the plurality of orders includes one or more beverages, and wherein each of the one or more beverages is associated with associated with an individual recipe;
• and
• for each individual order from the plurality of orders:
• retrieving, for each individual beverage in the one or more beverages in the individual order, the individual recipe for the individual beverage;
• checking a queue at the one or more beverage robots in the core vending location, wherein the queue is associated with a number of beverages already assigned to each of the one or more beverage robots;
• and
• scheduling each individual beverage in the one or more beverages in the individual order to be prepared by one of the one or more beverage robots.

A method for operating a mesh network of vending locations, the method comprising:

• receiving an order requesting a beverage, wherein the beverage is associated with a recipe associated with a menu at a first vending location;
• for each individual vending location from a plurality of second vending locations, checking ingredients available at one or more beverage robots at the individual vending location to identify one or more eligible vending locations available to prepare the beverage;
• for each individual eligible vending location, checking a queue at the one or more beverage robots at the eligible vending location, wherein the queue comprises a number of individual beverages already assigned to the eligible vending location to be prepared by the one or more beverage robots;
• determining a chosen vending location from the one or more eligible robots to prepare the beverage based at least partially on the queue at each of the one or more eligible vending locations;
• and
• sending the order to the chosen vending location, wherein the sending the order to the chosen vending location comprises transmitting the order to the one or more beverage robots at the chosen vending location to cause the one or more beverage robots to prepare the beverage.