Robotic Cooking Device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current grills and smokers lack integrated electronic components that can autonomously control cooking processes, leading to inefficiencies and user inconvenience in temperature management and cooking automation.
Innovation Solution
A robotic cooking device equipped with a chassis, wheels, processor, actuator, sensors, and motors, along with electronic components like fans and temperature sensors, which can autonomously navigate, map environments, and adjust cooking settings based on user input and sensor data to optimize cooking processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If electronic components are added as add-on accessories to grills and smokers, then cooking automation capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple previously separate add-on electronic components into a single integrated robotic cooking device. The processor, actuators, sensors, and cooking mechanisms are merged into one unified system that can autonomously perform cooking tasks, thereby improving automation while managing complexity through integration rather than accumulation of separate components.
Solution Approach 2:
The robotic cooking device is designed with multi-functionality, capable of performing various cooking operations (grilling, smoking, temperature control, navigation) through a single integrated system. This universal design allows the device to replace multiple separate accessories, improving overall automation capability while avoiding the complexity of managing multiple independent add-on components.
2Productivity
If a robotic cooking device with multiple electronic components is implemented, then cooking efficiency is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The robotic cooking device is designed with modular segmentation, where the chassis, cooking device, sensors, actuators, and processors are distinct but integrated components. This segmentation allows for standardized manufacturing of individual modules that can be assembled together, improving cooking efficiency through sophisticated functionality while managing manufacturing complexity through modular production techniques.
3Ease of operation
If the robotic cooking device autonomously navigates and maps environments, then user intervention is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The robotic cooking device incorporates self-service capabilities through autonomous navigation and environment mapping functions. The processor and sensors enable the device to independently determine its location, navigate to cooking positions, and adapt to the cooking environment without user intervention, thereby improving ease of operation while the integrated design manages the inherent complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a robotic cooking device including: a chassis; a set of wheels; a processor; an actuator; one or more sensors; one or more motors; and one or more cooking devices. An application of a communication device wirelessly connected to the robotic cooking device is used for one or more of: choosing settings of the robotic cooking device, choosing a location of the robotic cooking device, adjusting or generating a map of the environment, adjusting or generating a navigation path of the robotic cooking device, adjusting or generating boundaries of the robotic cooking device, and monitoring a food item within the one or more cooking devices.