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Touch Screen Kiosk-Driven Automated Storage & Retrieval System CLIENT: S. G. Hauser & Assoc. (Hauser, Inc.) END CLIENT: Highlight Communications PROJECT DATES: 12/93-5 /94 TASKS: Design Specifications for Client approval. Mechanical Engineering and Detail- Design of a 5 axis robotic system. ASRS Chassis Mods & Assembly Design. Component/Vendor Sourcing & Quoting. Q.C., Assembly & Debug of all components. 3D Computer Modeling.  The end-client fired their own first two chief engineers. This left me alone to engineer the mechanical robotics of what is probably still the world's largest (and most ambitious) touch-screen driven large-item vending and rental system. Per the original scheme, a commercial ASRS was integrated with a custom 5-axis robotic indexing and delivery system. I designed & built a working 5-axis robotics "breadboard" prototype for the system on a tight schedule which culminated in the integration of the breadboard into a mockup enclosure to be displayed at a trade show. The end-client could not integrate all of the hdwr/sftwr with the breadboard in time for that show; However we were able to demonstrate functionality of the robotics. David Weir headed up the design and construction of the enclosure for Hauser and the result was impressive. (enclosure not shown). Elite Engineering designed the electronics & software used to control the on-board PC-driven robotics subsystem. ABOVE IMAGE(S): Jeff Krause, 3D layouts, parts & rendering of a generic rental case.