An automated litter device having: a) a chamber configured to hold litter to allow an animal to enter and excrete waste； b) a waste drawer in communication with the chamber and configured to receive the waste； c) one or more sensors configured to detect one or more conditions of the device and transmit one or more signals related to the one or more conditions； d) a controller in communication with the one or more sensors which is adapted to receive the one or more signals, wherein the controller is configured to determine one or more positions of the chamber based on the one or more signals received from the one or more sensors and interpret the one or more signals as one or more status signals； e) a communication module in communication with the controller and adapted to communicate with a user interface via a network to transmit the one or more status signals to the user interface, receive one or more instruction signals via the user interface, or both； wherein the user interface is adapted to transmit the one or more instruction signals to the controller to change at least one of the one or more conditions of the device.
