Patent ID: 9737042
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A01J,A01K,G05B,Y10S

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: retrieving, by a robotic attacher, a preparation cup from an equipment area of a milking box located behind a dairy livestock; attaching, by the robotic attacher, the preparation cup to a left front teat of the dairy livestock; applying vacuum pressure to the preparation cup after attaching it to the left front teat of the dairy livestock; detaching, by the robotic attacher, the preparation cup from the left front teat; attaching, by the robotic attacher, the preparation cup to the right front teat of the dairy livestock after it is detached from the left front teat; applying vacuum pressure to the preparation cup after attaching it to the right front teat of the dairy livestock; detaching, by the robotic attacher, the preparation cup from the right front teat; attaching, by the robotic attacher, the preparation cup to right rear teat of the dairy livestock after it is detached from the right front teat; applying vacuum pressure to the preparation cup after attaching it to the right rear teat of the dairy livestock; detaching, by the robotic attacher, the preparation cup from the right rear teat; attaching, by the robotic attacher, the preparation cup to the left rear teat of the dairy livestock after it is detached from the right rear teat; applying vacuum pressure to the preparation cup after attaching it to the left rear teat of the dairy livestock; and detaching, by the robotic attacher, the preparation cup from the left rear teat.