The best of both worlds: unifying conventional dialog systems and POMDPs

A system for producing color water and colored ice cubes in various shapes, having a control unit with front panel buttons which allow a user to select a color. Dye reservoirs are provided which are selectively dispensed into a mixing chamber to provide the selected color, where they are combined with water and chilled. The colored water is provided to a dispensing unit which selectively dispenses the colored water, or creates colored ice cubes for subsequent dispensing. Ice trays are removably secured within the dispensing unit to allow various shaped ice cubes to be produced.

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