Automatic feeding assembly

A feeding assembly configured to automatically present a food to an animal for consumption, the feeding assembly including:

• a) a container storage subassembly configured to store a plurality of containers of the food therein;
• b) a container handling subassembly configured to retrieve and/or receive a container from the container storage subassembly;
• c) a container transport subassembly configured to move the container handling subassembly in one or more linear directions from a loading position at the container storage subassembly to a feeding position at a feeding area;
• d) a container opening subassembly configured to open the container while being transferred to the feeding area from the container storage subassembly, wherein the container opening subassembly is configured to engage with a lid and apply a peeling force to remove the lid from the container, wherein the container opening subassembly includes a pair of jaws configured to grasp and pinch a portion of the lid at a leading edge;
• e) a waste collection subassembly configured to receive the one or more containers after being presented at the feeding area;
• wherein the container opening subassembly is located above the container handling subassembly and above the waste collection subassembly;
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• wherein the container opening subassembly together with the container handling subassembly and/or the container transport subassembly are configured to apply the peeling force to the lid of the container to remove the lid and open the container by moving the container handling subassembly relative to the container opening subassembly, moving the container opening subassembly relative to the container handling subassembly, or moving both relative to one another.