Facebook, Inc.

Paws Forward Inc.

Charles Putland

Kashif Ali

Aaron Neuhauser

Philip Bourgeois

George Turvey

Peter Franklin

Eric Liu

Jeffrey Pon

Matthew Firlik

Philip Bourgeios

An automatic animal feeding system is provided. Embodiments of the automatic animal feeding system include an automatic food dispenser and a food canister storing food pods. The automatic food dispenser couples to the food canister, receives a food pod form the food canister, removes a cover or lid from the food pod, presents the opened food pod for pet consumption, disposes of the food pod into a disposal compartment that is sealed off from the ambient air, and implements other steps of an automatic feeding process. Aspects of the automatic feeding process can be efficiently implemented, for example, by actuating two motors based on data received from sensors of the automatic animal feeding system. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a compact, control-efficient, self-cleaning automatic animal feeding system that can continuously personalize feeding patterns or feed a pet with little to no human intervention over a period of time.

Automatic animal feeding system for presenting and securing food pods

Automatic animal feeding system for self disposing of used food pods

Automatic animal feeding system for rotating disposal compartment components

Automatic animal feeding system for food pod authentication

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Charles Putland