摘要:
In certain embodiments, a system includes a front wall (124a), a rear wall positioned (124c) substantially parallel to the front wall (124a), and first and second side walls (124b, 124d) each extending between the front wall (124a) and the rear wall (124c). The first side wall includes a gate, and the second side wall is spaced apart from the first side wall such that the front wall, the rear wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall define a milking box stall of a size sufficient to accommodate a dairy livestock. The system includes an equipment portion (128) located adjacent to the rear wall. The equipment portion (128) houses a robotic attacher configured to extend between the rear legs of a dairy livestock located within the milking box stall (122) in order to attach milking equipment to the dairy livestock.
摘要:
A teat preparation liner comprising an inlet for fluid flow into the liner, an opening, a liner cavity and a spray ring. The liner cavity is positioned adjacent to the opening inside the liner and surrounds a portion of the liner. The spray ring has a hollow interior and a plurality of apertures. The spray ring is coupled to the inlet so that fluid flows from the inlet into the hollow interior of the spray ring and out of the spray ring through the plurality of apertures. The spray ring is positioned inside the liner cavity so that the plurality of apertures face the inside of the liner opening. The spray ring is operable to encircle a dairy animal teat that is positioned inside the liner via the liner opening to simultaneously direct fluid flow from the inlet onto multiple portions of the teat via the apertures.
摘要:
In certain embodiments, a system includes a front wall, a rear wall positioned substantially parallel to the front wall, and first and second side walls each extending between the front wall and the rear wall. The first side wall includes a gate, and the second side wall is spaced apart from the first side wall such that the front wall, the rear wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall define a milking box stall of a size sufficient to accommodate a dairy livestock. The system includes an equipment portion located adjacent to the rear wall. The equipment portion houses a robotic attacher configured to extend between the rear legs of a dairy livestock located within the milking box stall in order to attach milking equipment to the dairy livestock.
摘要:
A robotic arm (18) maneuvers a teat (14) preparation cup (12) and executes instructions from a robotic arm (18) controller (20). The controller (20) comprises an interface (24), a memory (28), and a processor (26). The processor (26) instructs the sensor (16, 20) to perform a first scan. If the first scan discovers a first set of teats (14), the processor (26) moves the robotic arm (18) a first distance and instructs the sensor (16, 20) to perform a second scan. If the second scan discovers a second set of teats (14), the processor (26) moves the robotic arm (18) to a location under the first teat (14), and instructs the sensor (16, 20) to perform a third scan. The processor (26) determines if the third scan discovers a third set of teats (14). If each of the first set, second set, and third set of discovered teats (14) comprises the first teat (14), the processor (26) instructs the robotic arm (18) to attach the preparation cup (12) to the first teat (14).
摘要:
In certain embodiments, a system includes a carriage track positioned adjacent to a rotary milking platform, a robot carriage mounted to the carriage track, and a controller. The controller is operable to receive both a first rotary encoder signal indicating a first rotational position of a milking stall of the rotary milking platform (corresponding to a starting linear position of the robot carriage) and a second rotary encoder signal indicating a second rotational position of the milking stall of the rotary milking platform. The controller is further operable to determine, based on a difference between the received first and second signals, a desired linear position of the robot carriage on the carriage track (a position corresponding to the second rotational position of the milking stall). The controller is further operable to communicate a position signal to a carriage actuator, the position signal causing the carriage actuator to move the robot carriage along the carriage track to the desired linear position.