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>> silently making their way through the tunnels are 24 automated guided vehicles or agvs. around here, the theyre more commonly referred to as robots. >> they transport thousands of meals, tons of laundry and countless supplies throughout a jail facility thats a half a mile in length and a quarter mile in width. while the system appears futuristic, its actually more than two decades old. and was nearly doomed from the beginning. >> the company that installed the system went bankrupt after they ...

Back online as soon as possible. >> this is kind of a dinosaur in the industry. you have to trouble shoot a lot. a lot of times electronics dont fail outright. they get glitchy, and its had 23 years to get glitchy. >> senior agv technician bruce adams runs the workshop. >> the mechanical repair side of it is pretty solid. we have parts for that. its basically the electronics that are obsolete. they dont make them anymore. were doing constant maintenance. >> this is a pretty brutal environment fo...

Battery area and go out for one service around the jail. and then they will return to the battery area to get a quick charge, usually about three minutes and its ready to go. >> they deliver about 1,000 meals a day. this is a custom design that was designed specifically for the sheriffs department. and theyre designed in this shape so they fit underneath the food carts. >> santa rita robots. this is how our meals are brought to us. >> some inmates even foresee a day when robots might just replac...

>> what they do is they deliver food, supplies, clothing, linen to the housing units here at santa rita jail. were a half mile fence to fence, so it would take a lot of inmates, a lot of the inmate labor, deputies to supervise is the inmates to transport those items to the units so these robots do it for us. were the only facility i know that actually has this kind of a system. it runs is 24 hours a day, seven days a week. >> the agvs utilize a wire guided navigation system which is built into t...

>> silently making their way through the tunnels are 24 automated guided vehicles, or agvs. around here theyre more commonly referred to as robots. >> they transport thousands of meals, tons of laundry and countless supplies throughout a jail facility thats a half a mile in length and a quarter mile in width. while the system appears futuristic, its actually more than two decades old. and was nearly doomed from the beginning. >> the company that installed the system went bankrupt after they inst...

Through the tunnels are 24 automated guided vehicles or agvs. around here, the theyre more commonly referred to as robots. >> they transport thousands of meals, tons of laundry and countless supplies throughout a jail facility thats a half a mile in length and a quarter mile in width. while the system appears futuristic, its actually more than two decades old. and was nearly doomed from the beginning. >> the company that installed the system went bankrupt after they installed it here at santa ri...

But technically they are automatically guided vehicles or agv. >> they deliver food and supplies and clothing and linens to the housing units. a half mile fence to fence so it would take a lot of inmate labor and deputies to supervise the inmates to transport the items to out knit to the robots do it for us. they are the only facility that i know that actually has this kind of system. it runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. >> the agvs utilize a wire guided navigation system built into two miles ...

Away. they are powered by nickel mad me yum batteries. >> they get a charge and go out for one service around the jail and then return to the battery area for a quick charge, usually about three minutes and it is ready to go. we deliver about 12,000 meals a day. a custom design designed specifically for the sheriffs department and they are designed in this shape so they food underneath the food carts. >> this is how the meals are brought to us. >> some inmates even foresee a day when robots migh...

Unlike most large urban jails that are located in the heart of downtown, santa rita is nestled among foothills. some 30 miles away from the tough oakland streets where most of its inmates were taken into custody. mornings here often begin shrouded in pacific coast fog and then something else that makes this place unique slowly breaks through -- the jails robotic workforce. >> a lot of inmates will look at them. and the first thing they ask is, are at the a coffin? >> when i first saw that, it ac...

>> no, i dont think so. >> with silicon valley only 40 miles to the southwest, not everyone in santa rita is awed by the agvs. >> i wouldnt classify them as robots. i would classify them as pushers. they push carts from point a to point b. its not a big deal, not gps technology. its kind of robbie the robot. im from a tech industry. so i mean, ive seen google earth gps driven vans drive around with no drivers in them. its kind of a no comparison. >> before his arrest, cort holbrook worked as a s...