Automated delivery of good using autonomous robot
First Claim
1. A robotic medication dispensing system comprising one or more robots, each robot equipped with various sensor devices, one or more medication storage vaults, wherein each of one or more medication storage vaults has a unique code that is scanned during dispensing to ensure a match with a medication, one or more processing and data storage devices, and a medication dispenser, wherein the robot is configured to use artificial intelligence (AI) and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) to interact as follows:
- (a) the robot communicates autonomously with an authorized medication prescriber via an online database containing a list of authorized medication prescribers and patients that are registered as participating members of a pharmacy;
(b) the robot interacts with an online inventory of goods to determine if a prescription can be fulfilled;
(c) if the prescription can be fulfilled, the robot uses an internal mapping of the robot to fill a container with the medication and store the container containing the medication;
(d) when a customer arrives to pick up the container containing the medication, the robot first undertakes identification approval of the customer; and
(e) when the customer presents a copy of the prescription indicating the authorized medication prescriber and the medication that need to be dispensed, the robot retrieves the container containing the medication that matches the prescription and hands the container containing the medication over to the customer;
wherein optionally the customer is the patient.
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Abstract
A pharmacy automation system having a robot having a hardware device and a software for internal mapping to perform simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is disclosed herein. The robot is configured to use the SLAM technique to carry out at least the following different interactions: the robot communicates autonomously with a physician or an assistant directly or via an intermediary; the robot interacts with an inventory of goods and browses the inventory of goods to determine if a prescribed medication is available in the pharmacy; if the prescribed medication is available in the pharmacy, the robot interacts with a medication dispenser, using the internal mapping to fill a container with the prescribed medication, and store the container; when a patient or a proxy arrives to pick up the prescribed medication, the robot checks and approves an identification of the patient or the proxy; and when the patient or proxy presents a prescription containing the prescribed medication, the robot retrieves the container with the prescribed medication and hands the container with the prescribed medication over to the patient or proxy.
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1. A robotic medication dispensing system comprising one or more robots, each robot equipped with various sensor devices, one or more medication storage vaults, wherein each of one or more medication storage vaults has a unique code that is scanned during dispensing to ensure a match with a medication, one or more processing and data storage devices, and a medication dispenser, wherein the robot is configured to use artificial intelligence (AI) and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) to interact as follows:
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(a) the robot communicates autonomously with an authorized medication prescriber via an online database containing a list of authorized medication prescribers and patients that are registered as participating members of a pharmacy; (b) the robot interacts with an online inventory of goods to determine if a prescription can be fulfilled; (c) if the prescription can be fulfilled, the robot uses an internal mapping of the robot to fill a container with the medication and store the container containing the medication; (d) when a customer arrives to pick up the container containing the medication, the robot first undertakes identification approval of the customer; and (e) when the customer presents a copy of the prescription indicating the authorized medication prescriber and the medication that need to be dispensed, the robot retrieves the container containing the medication that matches the prescription and hands the container containing the medication over to the customer;
wherein optionally the customer is the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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