Robotic attacher and method of operation
AssigneeTechnologies Holdings Corp.
InventorsHenk Hofman, Peter Willem Van der Sluis, Ype Groensma
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Abstract
A method of operating a robotic attacher, comprises extending a robotic attacher between the legs of a dairy livestock. The method further comprises attaching milking equipment to the dairy livestock using a gripping portion of the robotic attacher during a milking operation, wherein the gripping portion has a nozzle that is positioned away from a teat of the dairy livestock during the milking operation. The method further comprises rotating the gripping portion of the robotic attacher so that the nozzle is positioned to face a teat of the dairy livestock during a spraying operation.
Claims9
A method of operating a robotic attacher, comprising:
- extending a robotic attacher between the legs of a dairy livestock;
- attaching milking equipment to the dairy livestock using a gripping portion of the robotic attacher during a milking operation, wherein the gripping portion has a nozzle that is positioned away from a teat of the dairy livestock during the milking operation;
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- rotating the gripping portion of the robotic attacher so that the nozzle is positioned to face a teat of the dairy livestock during a spraying operation.
A method of operating a robotic attacher, comprising:
- extending a robotic attacher between the legs of a dairy livestock;
- operating a vision system during a milking operation, wherein the vision system is positioned on a first surface of the robotic attacher and at least one nozzle is positioned on a second surface of the robotic attacher substantially opposite the first surface;
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- rotating a portion of the robotic attacher such that the at least one nozzle is positioned generally on the top of the robotic attacher and the vision system is positioned generally on the bottom of the robotic attacher during a spraying operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.