Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Robotic arm with double grabber and method of operation
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Application No.: US14534766Application Date: 2014-11-06
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Publication No.: US10357015B2Publication Date: 2019-07-23
- Inventor: Peter Willem van der Sluis , Brad A. Schaller , Kent B. Toepfer , Robert J. Godfrey
- Applicant: Technologies Holdings Corp.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
- Current Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: A01J5/017
- IPC: A01J5/017 ; A01K1/12

Abstract:
A robotic attacher comprises a main arm suspended from a rail, a supplemental arm coupled to the main arm, and a gripping portion coupled to an extension of the supplemental arm. The gripping portion comprises a first grabber positioned side-by-side with a second grabber. The first grabber is operable to attach a first teat cup to a first teat of a dairy livestock and the second grabber is operable to tilt downward independent of the first grabber in conjunction with the first grabber attaching the first teat cup. The second grabber is operable to attach a second teat cup to a second teat of the dairy livestock and the first grabber is operable to tilt downward independent of the second grabber in conjunction with the second grabber attaching the second teat cup.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150059649A1 ROBOTIC ARM WITH DOUBLE GRABBER AND METHOD OF OPERATION Public/Granted day:2015-03-05
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