An implement for and a method of milking an animal.

摘要

An implement for milking an animal, for example a cow, includes a milking parlour where the animal can be present in a predetermined position as well as a robot arm (7) which can simultaneously carry all the teat cups (80) to be applied to the cow's teats and which can be brought under the cow's udder. The end of the robot arm (7) can be located precisely relative to the subsequent teats by means of a sensor (77). The implement furthermore comprises means (86 to 91) for individually applying each teat cup (80) to a teat by means of an upward movement of the relevant teat cup (80) and a flexible connecting member (81) to form a flexible connection between the robot arm (7) and the teat cup (80) during milking, which flexible connecting member (81) is capable of pulling the teat cup (80) to the robot arm (7).