Patent ID: 7392937

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a vehicle drive-up lane, an automated transaction machine apparatus including: an enclosure, a plurality of transaction function devices within the enclosure, wherein the plurality of transaction function devices include a cash dispenser device, a robotic item handling device within the enclosure, wherein the robotic item handling device includes a gripper device, wherein the gripper device is operative to grip at least one item, wherein the gripper device is operative to release the at least one item, a controller within the enclosure, wherein the controller is in operative connection with the cash dispenser device and the robotic handling device, wherein the controller is able to operate the robotic item handling device in carrying out a cash withdrawal transaction, a plurality of user interfaces, wherein each user interface is arranged at a different height, wherein at least one user interface is located adjacent the vehicle drive-up lane, wherein the at least one user interface enables a machine user to request a cash withdrawal transaction from a vehicle in the drive-up lane, an item transfer area accessible to the machine user, wherein the robotic item handling device is operative to move at least one gripped item between at least one of the plurality of transaction function devices and the item transfer area.