The automated cage cleaning system is comprised of a pair of robotic arms,
a soil side robot and a clean side robot. The soil side robot is utilized
for removing the dirty cage bottoms from a cart, rack, pallet, or
fixture, emptying soiled bedding from the cage bottoms, and placing the
cage bottoms on a conveyer leading to the tunnel washing equipment. The
clean side robot is used to grip the clean cage bottoms, and place the
cage bottoms on a cart, rack, pallet, or fixture. Additionally, the
present invention comprises an optical arranger robot with vision
processing for detecting, and moving skewed cage bottoms to a re-grip
station. From the re-grip station, the clean side robot places the cage
bottoms on a rack, pallet, fixture, or any other device suitable for
holding a plurality of cage bottoms.
