Walmart Apollo, LLC

Boyd D Bryant

Kurt William Robert Bessel

David G Tovey

Robert Armstrong

Pickup kiosk

Examples an order pickup portal including a set of sliding doors enclosing an order dispensation portal configured to dispense a set of items to fulfill an online order created by a user. An angled side wall is adjacent to one of the doors. The angle of the side wall is between a twenty-five and sixty-degrees relative to the doors. A user interface device is partially recessed into the angled side wall associated with the first side wall, the user interface device comprising a graphical user interface menu configured to receive order data associated with a user request for dispensation of a set of items associated with the online order. A scan device can be included to scan an order identifier. A plastic bag return receptacle is provided to contain returned bags.

System for order dispensation via an angled pickup portal

Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for an automated kiosk which responds to natural disasters. Such a system can: receive, at a processor in an automated kiosk, an electronic weather report for weather associated with a geographic location of the automated kiosk; receive, from an exterior sensor mounted on the automated kiosk, exterior sensor data; and receive, from an interior sensor mounted inside the automated kiosk, interior sensor data. The system can then identify, via the processor and based on at least one of the electronic weather report, the exterior sensor data, and the interior sensor data, a likelihood of a natural disaster affecting the automated kiosk. The system can initiate actions to protect the kiosk and/or the products stored in the kiosk from the natural disaster, based on the likelihood and the type of threat encountered.

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Bella Vista, AR, United States of America

Boyd D Bryant