US 12,147,930 B2
Automated local delivery center
Gino Malpartida, Norwalk, CT (US); Michael Sasloff, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY (US); and Eleonor Dorin Stoenescu, Stamford, CT (US)
Assigned to PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US)
Filed by PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/690,705.
Prior Publication US 2023/0289706 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); B67D 99/00 (2010.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01) [B67D 99/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for automated vending and delivery of products to consumers, the system comprising:
a mobile delivery unit configured to autonomously handle a product and comprising:
an arm;
a gripper attached to the arm and configured to grasp the product;
a receptacle configured to store the product; and
a first communication assembly;
a product dispenser comprising a second communication assembly and configured to, in a first transaction, dispense a first product to the mobile delivery unit for subsequent delivery to a first consumer remote from the product dispenser and, in a second transaction, dispense a second product to a second consumer at the product dispenser; and
a web server in communication with the first communication assembly and the second communication assembly and configured to instruct the product dispenser to dispense the first product to the mobile delivery unit in the first transaction;
wherein the product dispenser comprises a sensor configured to detect when a product is positioned at a delivery area of the product dispenser, and
wherein the web server is configured to instruct the mobile delivery unit to grasp the product based on feedback from the sensor.