A device configured for removing animal carcasses from an animal housing facility, the device comprising: a manipulator configured to collect a dead animal when the manipulator is located in a predetermined relative position with respect to the dead animal; an actuator configured to move the manipulator inside the animal housing facility; said actuator comprising a primary actuator for mounting on a rail system and for moving the device along a track or rail of the rail system, and a secondary actuator for moving the manipulator with respect to the primary actuator; a camera configured to identify and locate the dead animal; and a processor configured to: - control the actuator to move to a target position indicative of a rough position of the dead animal in the animal housing facility, - when said target position is reached, identify and locate the dead animal using said camera, - thereafter, steer the actuator to a precise position of the dead animal as located by using the camera, such that the manipulator is brought into the predetermined relative position with respect to the dead animal, - when the manipulator is in the predetermined relative position, control the manipulator such as to collect the dead animal with the manipulator, and - control the actuator to move to a predetermined disposal location and depositing the dead animal at the disposal location characterised in that said secondary actuator comprises: - a telescopic arm for vertically displacing the manipulator, - a rotation stage, on the telescopic arm, - a translation stage, on the rotation stage, wherein the rotation stage is adapted for rotating the translation stage in a horizontal plane and the translation stage is adapted for translating the manipulator radially inward and outward. a manipulator configured to collect a dead animal when the manipulator is located in a predetermined relative position with respect to the dead animal; an actuator configured to move the manipulator inside the animal housing facility; said actuator comprising a primary actuator for mounting on a rail system and for moving the device along a track or rail of the rail system, and a secondary actuator for moving the manipulator with respect to the primary actuator; a camera configured to identify and locate the dead animal; and a processor configured to: - control the actuator to move to a target position indicative of a rough position of the dead animal in the animal housing facility, - when said target position is reached, identify and locate the dead animal using said camera, - thereafter, steer the actuator to a precise position of the dead animal as located by using the camera, such that the manipulator is brought into the predetermined relative position with respect to the dead animal, - when the manipulator is in the predetermined relative position, control the manipulator such as to collect the dead animal with the manipulator, and - control the actuator to move to a predetermined disposal location and depositing the dead animal at the disposal location - control the actuator to move to a target position indicative of a rough position of the dead animal in the animal housing facility, - when said target position is reached, identify and locate the dead animal using said camera, - thereafter, steer the actuator to a precise position of the dead animal as located by using the camera, such that the manipulator is brought into the predetermined relative position with respect to the dead animal, - when the manipulator is in the predetermined relative position, control the manipulator such as to collect the dead animal with the manipulator, and - control the actuator to move to a predetermined disposal location and depositing the dead animal at the disposal location characterised in that said secondary actuator comprises: - a telescopic arm for vertically displacing the manipulator, - a rotation stage, on the telescopic arm, - a translation stage, on the rotation stage, - a telescopic arm for vertically displacing the manipulator, - a rotation stage, on the telescopic arm, - a translation stage, on the rotation stage, wherein the rotation stage is adapted for rotating the translation stage in a horizontal plane and the translation stage is adapted for translating the manipulator radially inward and outward.