Poultry growing robot
AssigneeEnergy Americas, LLC
InventorYunsheng Xu
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Abstract
A poultry barn robot for robotically preforming various poultry barn operation tasks that includes a chassis, a collection platform pivotally mounted to the chassis, and an conveyor connected to the chassis, wherein the conveyor includes conveyor system for conveying at least one of dead birds and manure cakes from a bedded floor of a poultry barn to the collection platform. The robot additionally includes at least one equipment cabinet mounted to the chassis, and at least one controller that is structured and operable to control: movement of the robot through the poultry barn; movement of the conveyor system; and movement of the collection platform between a Collection position and a Disposal position.
Claims23
A poultry growing robot for robotically preforming various poultry growing operation tasks, said robot comprising:
- a chassis;
- a collection platform pivotally mounted to the chassis;
- a conveyor connected to the chassis, the conveyor comprising a conveyor system for conveying at least one of dead birds and manure cakes from a bedded floor of a poultry growing barn to the collection platform;
- at least one equipment cabinet mounted to the chassis;
- and
- at least one controller structured and operable to control:
- movement of the robot through the poultry growing barn;
- movement of the conveyor system;
- and
- movement of the collection platform between a Collection position and a Disposal position.
A method for preforming various poultry growing operation tasks, said method comprising:
- robotically controlling the operation and movement of a robot such that the robot traverses a bedded floor of a poultry growing barn, utilizing at least one controller of the robot disposed within at least one equipment cabinet of the robot;
- removing at least one of dead birds and manure cakes disposed on the bedded floor from the bedded floor utilizing an conveyor of the robot that is connected to a chassis of the robot;
- conveying the at least one of dead birds and manure cakes removed from the bedded floor to a collection platform of the robot pivotally mounted to the chassis of the robot utilizing conveyor system of the conveyor, wherein movement of the conveyor system is controlled by the at least one controller;
- and
- removing the at least one of dead birds and manure cakes from the collection platform by moving the collection platform between a Collection position and a Disposal position, wherein the movement of the collection platform is controlled by the at least one controller.
A poultry growing robotic operation system, said system comprising:
- a poultry growing robot for robotically preforming various poultry growing operation tasks, the robot comprising:
- a chassis;
- a collection platform pivotally mounted to the chassis;
- an conveyor connected to the chassis, the conveyor comprising a conveyor system for conveying at least one of dead birds and manure cakes from a bedded floor of a poultry growing barn to the collection platform;
- at least one equipment cabinet mounted to the chassis;
- and
- at least one controller structured and operable to control:
- movement of the robot through the poultry growing barn;
- movement of the conveyor system;
- and
- movement of the collection platform between a Collection position and a Disposal position;
- and
- a waste management system, the waste management system comprising:
- a bird and manure disposal pit structured and operable to receive the at least one of dead birds and manure cakes collected and disposed into the bird and manure disposal pit via the robot;
- and
- a waste removal system structured and operable to remove the at least one of dead birds and manure cakes disposed into the bird and manure disposal pit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.