The invention discloses an automatic recovery system for a lower meter housing of a waste electric energy meter. The system comprises a worktable, an electric energy meter transport mechanism which is arranged above the worktable, a first grasping mechanism and a second grasping mechanism which are arranged above the electric energy meter transport mechanism, a recovery transport line which is arranged below the worktable and a recovery box which is arranged at the tail end of the recovery transport line; the first grasping mechanism comprises a first manipulator and a first three-dimensional driving mechanism which controls the first manipulator to operate; the second grasping mechanism comprises a second manipulator, a second three-dimensional driving mechanism which controls the second manipulator to move and a rotating mechanism which controls the second manipulator to rotate. The system disclosed by the invention can automatically sort and recover an electric energy meter circuit, a terminal row, a lower housing and residual components, has a relatively high degree of automation, and can obviously increase the work efficiency of recovering the electric energy meter.