Alfonso F Alcaraz

US Patent:

48892106, Dec 26, 1989

Filed:

May 31, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/200731

Inventors:

Alfonso Alcaraz - Coronado CA
Gerardo Aguilar - Coronado CA
Mauricio Gonzalez - Coronado CA
Antonio Elizarraraz - San Diego CA

Assignee:

Cofusa Enterprises, Inc. - Chula Vista CA

International Classification:

E04H 300

US Classification:

186 38

Abstract:

A robot for serving a product dispensed from a product dispenser to a customer including a processor and a robotic arm. The processor stores a predetermined instruction set and generates command signals according to the instruction set. The robotic arm is responsive to certain ones of the command signals for transferring the dispensed product from a product dispense location to a position adjacent the customer for removal by the customer. The robot may further comprise a communications system for storing a set of predetermined messages and is responsive to certain other ones of the command signals for announcing selected ones of the messages. Furthermore, the robot may further include a transport system for transferring the dispensed product from the position adjacent the customer, the product dispense location and the position adjacent the customer beyond reach of the customer, to a position within reach of the customer.

Author:

Alfonso Alcaraz

ISBN #:

8492107375