SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ATTACHING A CUP TO A DAIRY ANIMAL ACCORDING TO A SEQUENCE

摘要

A system includes a robotic arm positioned in an equipment area of a milking box that includes a stall portion housing a dairy livestock with four teats. The robotic arm retrieves a cup, and for a plurality of teats of the dairy livestock, the robotic arm attaches the cup to a teat, detaches the cup from the teat, and maintains the cup within the stall portion of the milking box from the time that the cup is attached to a first teat of the dairy livestock through the time that the cup is attached to a last teat of the dairy livestock. The cup is retracted into the equipment portion of the milking box after it is detached from the last teat of the dairy livestock.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
housing a dairy livestock in a stall portion of a milking box; retrieving, by a robotic attacher, a cup; for each of a plurality of teats of a dairy livestock, using the robotic arm to perform the steps of:
attaching the cup to the teat;detaching the cup from the teat; andmaintaining the cup within the stall portion of the milking box from the time that the cup is attached to the first teat of the dairy livestock through the time that the cup is attached to a last teat of the dairy livestock; retracting the cup into an equipment area of the milking box after detaching the cup from the last teat of the dairy livestock.