Hyphen Technologies, Inc.

Daniel Fukuba

Stephen Klein

Derek Pietz

Abram Simon

Maneesh Jain

Mark Manfrey

Keegan Schoch

Archana Kashikar

Eric Vicenti

Alexander Malin

Erik Norris

Taylor Miyamoto-Kim

John Vassa

One variation of a food production station includes: a manual assembly zone; an autonomous assembly zone; and a controller. The manual assembly zone includes: a prep surface; and a receptacle configured to receive a sequence of food hoppers configured to store ingredients for manual preparation of food products on the prep surface. The autonomous assembly zone includes: a sequence of module housings supporting the prep surface and configured to house a sequence of food dispensing modules configured to dispense ingredients into food containers; and a conveyor located within the sequence of module housings and configured to transfer food containers along the sequence of food dispensing modules for dispensation of ingredients into food containers. The controller is configured to: receive food orders; and coordinate motion of the conveyor and trigger the sequence of food dispensing modules to dispense ingredients into food containers to assemble food products according to food orders.

Modular system for food assembly

One variation of a food production system includes a module housing: supporting a food preparation surface located at work surface height; configured to transiently house a food-dispensing module configured to dispense an ingredient toward the first autonomous assembly zone; including a positioner module arranged within the autonomous assembly zone and configured to transiently locate a food container below the food-dispensing module for dispensation of the ingredient into the food container; including a window arranged on a front side of the module housing and configured to enable user access to the autonomous assembly zone. The food production system further includes a controller configured to: receive a food order; coordinate motion of the positioner module to locate the food container below the food-dispensing module; and selectively trigger the food-dispensing module to dispense the ingredient into the food container to assemble a unit of a food product according to the food order.

One variation of a food production system includes a controller and a module housing: configured to transiently house a food-dispensing module configured to store and dispense units of an ingredient toward an autonomous assembly zone; and including a positioner module, arranged within the autonomous assembly zone, including a platform configured to receive and support a food container, a set of positioner arms configured to support and move the platform across an assembly plane to position the food container below food-dispensing modules, and a set of actuators configured to transiently engage the set of positioner arms. The controller is configured to: receive a food order specifying the ingredient; trigger the set of actuators to rotate the set of positioner arms to move the platform across the assembly plane and locate the food container below the food-dispensing module; and trigger the food-dispensing module to dispense the ingredient into the food container.

A modular system for autonomous food assembly includes: a skid operable in a first configuration configured to transiently install on a vehicle and in a second configuration configured to transiently install in a kiosk; a set of food dispensing modules configured to transiently install on the skid and store and dispense food based on food orders; and a fixed infrastructure configured to distribute power from a first power source in the truck to the set of food dispensing modules in the first configuration, from a second power source in the fixed kiosk to the set of food dispensing modules in the second configuration, and to the set of food dispensing modules; a controller installed on the skid and configured to receive food orders and control the set of food dispensing modules to dispense food orders from the truck in the first configuration and from the kiosk in the second configuration.

Modular system for autonomous food assembly

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Daniel Fukuba