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>> 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 is 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 is 24 hours a day, seven days a week. >> the agvs utilize a wire guided navigation system which is built into two m...

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, 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...

Awed by the agvs. >> i wouldn't classify them as robots. i would classify them as pushers. they push carts from point a to point b. it's not a big deal, not gps technology. it's kind of robbie the robot. i'm from a tech industry. so i mean, i've seen google earth gps driven vans drive around with no drivers in them. it's kind of a no comparison. >> before his arrest, cort holbrook worked as a software engineer and couldn't imagine spending two years at sang ta rita, much less facing the

Miles to the southwest, not everyone in santa rita is -- by the agvs. >> i wouldn't classify them as robots. i would classify them as pushers. they push carts from point a to point b. it's not a big deal, not gps technology. it's kind of robbie the robot. i'm from a tech industry. so i mean, i've seen google earth gps driven vans drive around with no drivers in them. it's kind of a no comparison. >> before his arrest, cort holbrook worked as a software engineer and couldn't imagine pending two years at santa rita, much less facing the possibility of life in prison. >> i would have to say just ...

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 common fixtures at the jail. >> ...