Animal husbandry – Milkers – With automatic control
Patent
1989-09-21
1991-08-27
Weiss, John G.
Animal husbandry
Milkers
With automatic control
119 141, 119 1418, A01J 300
Patent
active
050424289
ABSTRACT:
An implement for the automated milking an animal, such as a cow. The implement comprises a segmented robot arm that can be adjusted to place a working platform in an initial position between the animal's front and rear legs generally below the udder. Mounted on the working platform are teat cups, a reciprocating rotary laser sensor, microprocessor for control, and an electromagnetic coupling device for carrying each teat cup in turn to attachment with a teat. The implement also has a contact sensor and an animal recognition system. Data provided from the contact sensor and animal recognition system provide a template for where the teats should be found. Microprocessor control of the robot arm and platform result in a two phase detection and attachment sequence for sequentially attaching the teat cups to first the rear and then the front teats.
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van den Berg Karel
van der Lely Edwin
C. van der Lely N.V.
Price R. Thomas
Weiss John G.
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