Patent attributes
An autonomously moving robotic device for distributing designated items includes multiple compartments, a release mechanism to release items from the multiple compartments; a memory module containing optical recognition scans and personal information of persons located within a premises, and substantive information of the designated items, optical recognition scanners, a control module in communication with the optical recognition scanners, the memory and the release mechanism. The control unit directs movement of the device, directs the optical recognition scanners to scan persons, and compares images from the optical recognition scanners to optical recognitions in the memory to identify persons. Upon identifying a person, the control unit searches personal information of the person and identifies designated items specified for that person, and then directs the release mechanism to release the designated item.