ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,130, issued on April 15, was assigned to Chefee Robotics Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Robotic food preparation system" was invented by Assaf Pashut (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic system for food preparation has a compact form factor and enables processes for dispensing food ingredients, weighing ingredients, processing ingredients, and storing and transferring ingredients in a tight space, such as within a kitchen cabinet or similar enclosure. The robotic system can also be put to use in larger commercial settings. The robotic system includes one or more gantry subsystems to translate and rotate tools relative to or...