McDonald’s Robotic Drink Dispenser
I got up at 5:30 AM today to head up to Reed City for work. This is a bit earlier than my normal routine and I didn’t grab breakfast at home. So, I decided to swing through the McDonald’s drive-thru that I drive by on my way to get on the freeway.
I found it very interesting when I pulled up to the second window and I saw an odd looking soda dispenser. It had short plastic cups along the bottom where you would put the cup to be filled and there were only two drink nozzles. It took me by surprise when the cup rack rotated and a gripper moved up and pulled down a cup. It then put the cup into one of short plastic cups which then indexed over and ice came out of the first nozzle, then it indexed again and was filled mostly with Coke, then pause, then topped off.
This may be old news to everyone else, but I don’t get to McDonald’s very often.
When a drink order is punched into the register, the drink is now automatically filled. Pretty slick!
