Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for controlling the position of a robot carriage based on the position of a milking stall of an adjacent rotary milking platform
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Application No.: US15240289Application Date: 2016-08-18
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Publication No.: US09980458B2Publication Date: 2018-05-29
- Inventor: Henk Hofman , Cor de Ruijter , Menno Koekoek , Peter Willem van der Sluis
- 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: A01J5/007
- IPC: A01J5/007 ; A01J7/04 ; A01K1/12 ; A01J5/017 ; A01J5/003

Abstract:
A system includes a linear carriage track positioned adjacent to a rotary milking platform, a robot carriage positioned on the carriage track such that the robot carriage may move along the carriage track from a first linear position to a second linear position, and a controller. The controller determines a movement of a milking stall of the rotary milking platform from a first rotational position to a second rotational position. The controller further determines the second linear position of the robot carriage on the carriage track corresponding to the movement of the milking stall of the rotary milking platform. The controller also communicates a position signal to a carriage actuator coupled to the robot carriage and the carriage track. The position signal causes the carriage actuator to move the robot carriage along the carriage track from the first linear position to the second linear position in conjunction with the movement of the rotary milking platform.
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