Secure receptacle with container carousel

A method, comprising:

• receiving, from an external processor, an access request to access a secure receptacle, the secure receptacle comprising a vertically-aligned carousel disposed within a compartment of the secure receptacle, the vertically-aligned carousel comprising a plurality of securable containers formed within a single structure and horizontally disposed around a single rotational axis of the vertically-aligned carousel, each secure container comprising a respective container lid that is maintained in a closed position and prevents access to the respective container when the respective container is not rotated to an opening of the compartment;
• determining, based on the access request, a requested container of the plurality of containers;
• and
• rotating the vertically-aligned carousel so that the requested container is moved from a current position to an opening of the securable receptacle, wherein the vertically-aligned carousel is rotated within the compartment such that respective floors of each of the plurality of containers rotate around the single rotational axis.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from an external processor, an access request to access a secure receptacle, the secure receptacle comprising a vertically-aligned carousel disposed within a compartment of the secure receptacle, the vertically-aligned carousel comprising a plurality of securable containers formed within a single structure and horizontally disposed around a single rotational axis of the vertically-aligned carousel, each secure container comprising a respective container lid that prevents access to the respective container when in a closed position;
• determining, based on the access request, a requested container of the plurality of containers;
• and
• rotating the vertically-aligned carousel so that the requested container is moved from a current position to an opening of the securable receptacle, wherein the vertically-aligned carousel is rotated within the compartment such that respective floors of each of the plurality of containers rotate around the single rotational axis.