Methods and systems for food preparation in a robotic cooking kitchen
AssigneeMBL Limited
InventorMark Oleynik
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to methods, computer program products, and computer systems for instructing a robot to prepare a food dish by replacing the human chef's movements and actions. Monitoring a human chef is carried out in an instrumented application-specific setting, a standardized robotic kitchen in this instance, and involves using sensors and computers to watch, monitor, record and interpret the motions and actions of the human chef, in order to develop a robot-executable set of commands robust to variations and changes in the environment, capable of allowing a robotic or automated system in a robotic kitchen to prepare the same dish to the standards and quality as the dish prepared by the human chef.
Claims23
A robotic kitchen system comprising:
- a processor;
- one or more robotic arms;
- and
- one or more robotic hands, each of the one or more robotic hands equipped with a wrist coupled to the respective arm, each of the one or more robotic hands having a palm and a plurality of articulated fingers, each of the one or more robotic hands being coated with a glove having a plurality of sensors embedded thereinto, the one or more robotic arms being coupled to a telescopic actuator and a rotating torso that travels along a rail,
- wherein each of the one or more robotic arms, the one or more robotic hands, the telescopic actuator, the rotating torso having a plurality of joints;
- and
- wherein the processor receives a first set of data that is recorded from the sensors, and the processor decomposes the first set of data to generate a second set of data that represents a set of pre-tested machine executable command sequences, the processor controls the one or more robotic arms and the one or more robotic hands in an instrumented environment based on the pre-tested machine executable command sequences.
A robotic kitchen system comprising:
- a processor;
- a plurality of robotic arms;
- and
- a plurality of robotic hands, each of the robotic hands equipped with a wrist coupled to the respective arm, each of the robotic hands having a plurality of articulated fingers, each of the hands being coated with a glove having a plurality of sensors embedded thereinto;
- a plurality of rails extending in a first direction;
- a telescopic actuator extending in a second direction, each of the rails commonly coupled to the telescopic actuator, the telescopic actuator coupled to the plurality of robotic arms, each arm and hand combination with a rotatable joint movable in x-y-z axis;
- and
- wherein the processor receives a first set of data that is recorded from the sensors, and the processor decomposes the first set of data to generate a second set of data that represents a set of pre-tested machine executable command sequences, the processor controls the plurality of robotic arms and the robotic hands in an instrumented environment based on the pre-tested machine executable command sequences.
A robotic kitchen system comprising:
- a processor;
- a robotic arm;
- and
- a robotic hand equipped with a wrist coupled to the respective arm, the robotic hand having an end portion that is attachable to a food preparation element, the robotic hand being coated with a glove having a plurality of sensors embedded thereinto, the robotic arm being coupled to a telescopic actuator and rotating torso joint that travels along a rail;
- wherein the processor receives a first set of data that is recorded from the sensors, and the processor decomposes the first set of data to generate a second set of data that represents a set of pre-tested machine executable command sequences, the processor controls the robotic arm and the robotic hand in an instrumented environment based on the pre-tested machine executable command sequences.
A robotic kitchen system comprising:
- a processor;
- a plurality of robotic arms;
- and
- a plurality of robotic hands, each of the robotic hands equipped with a wrist coupled to the respective arm, each of the robotic hands having at least one camera sensor, each of the wrists having at least one camera sensor, the plurality of robotic arms being coupled to a telescopic actuator and rotating torso that travels along a rail;
- wherein the processor receives a first set of data that is recorded from the at least one camera sensor from each hand, and the processor decomposes the first set of data to generate a second set of data that represents a set of pre-tested machine executable command sequences, the processor controls the plurality of robotic arms and the robotic hands in an instrumented environment based on the pre-tested machine executable command sequences.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.