Bus Station
Autonomous dishwashing solution designed for café environments.
Responsibilities
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Led the design of a compact dishwashing solution for café environments
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Developed mechanical components, tools, and system layouts supporting dishwashing workflows
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Designed practical hardware solutions optimized for small-scale kitchen operations
The system is organized into three primary sections: dirty side, dishwashing, and clean side. To minimize cross-contamination, one robotic arm operates on the dirty side while the other handles clean dishes on the opposite side.
Bus Station was our first pilot dishwashing system, deployed at Dandelion Chocolate and operated for about a year.
Since the product became much larger than the home robot, I used tape on the wall to quickly ideate the frame at real scale. I also used an adjustable table to test ergonomics and robot arm reachability.
We learned many things from this prototype. At first, we placed the bus tub inside the frame like this. But once it was full, we realized it became too heavy and awkward to handle. So we changed the direction and allowed staff to insert it from the front.
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Further process and information available upon request.