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System, we have our kitchen. our laundry and our supply. >> silently making their way through the tunnels are 24 automated guided vehicles or agvs. around here, the they're more commonly referred to as robots. >> they transport thousands of meals, tons of laundry and countless supplies throughout a jail facility that's a half a mile in length and a quarter mile in width. while the system appears futuristic, it's 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 rita jail. so...

For the inmates to mess with. >> it reminded me of star wars, some robots going around picking things up. >> most people call them robots. but technically, they are automated guided vehicles or agvs. >> what they do is they deliver food, supplies, clothing, linen to the housing units here at santa rita jail. we're a half mile fence to fence, so it would take a lot of inmates, a lot of the inmate labor, deputies to supervise the inmates to transport those items to the units so these robots do it for us. we're the only facility i know that actually has this kind of a system. it runs 24 hours a d...

The housing units and outdoor rec yards are usually full of activity but there is a whole other world of partially underground tunnels and service areas that stay equally as active. >> what we're looking at here is our back tunnel system which connects our maximum security yard to our medium and minimum security yard. in between here and the tunnel system, we have our kitchen. our laundry and our supply. >> silently making their way through the tunnels are 24 automated guided vehicles or agvs. around here, they're more commonly referred to as robots. >> they transport thousands of meals, tons ...

Our laundry and our supply. >> silently making their way through the tunnels are 24 automated guided vehicles or agvs. around here, the they're more commonly referred to as robots. >> they transport thousands of meals, tons of laundry and countless supplies throughout a jail facility that's a half a mile in length and a quarter mile in width. while the system appears futuristic, it's 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 rita jail. so we went ahead and hired on s...

Away. they are powered by nickel cadmium batteries. >> they will get a charge in the 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 it's ready to go. >> they deliver about 1,000 meals a day. this is a custom design that was designed specifically for the sheriff's department. and they're 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 replace some other...