Patent ID: 9282718
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: A01J,A01K,B25J,G05B,G06K,G06T,H04N,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: a milking box having a stall to accommodate a dairy livestock, wherein the stall comprises a first exit gate on a first side of the stall leading to a first sorting region and a second exit gate on a second side of the stall leading to a second sorting region; a robotic attacher configured to: extend from the rear between the hind legs of the dairy livestock; move in at least one direction along the x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis; and attach milking equipment to the dairy livestock, the milking equipment configured to receive an amount of milk from the dairy livestock during a current milking cycle; a sensor configured to identify the dairy livestock within the milking box stall; a memory configured to store information for the identified dairy livestock, the information designating how to sort the dairy livestock; and a controller configured to open one of the first exit gate and the second exit gate based at least in part upon the information designating how to sort the dairy livestock and the amount of milk received from the dairy livestock during the current milking cycle in order to direct the first dairy livestock into either the first sorting region or the second sorting region.