Patent ID: 9560832
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A01J,A01K,B25J,G05B,G06T,H04N,Y10S

Claim:
1. A method for operating a robotic arm, comprising: determining a speed of rotation of a rotary milking platform, the rotary milking platform having a stall for a dairy livestock; moving a carriage along a track positioned adjacent to the rotary milking platform at a rate that is based at least in part upon the determined speed of rotation of the rotary milking platform, wherein the carriage moves independently of the rotary milking platform and in a direction corresponding to a direction of rotation of the rotary milking platform; and extending a robotic arm that is coupled to the carriage between the legs of the dairy livestock, wherein the robotic arm remains extended between the legs of the dairy livestock as the stall rotates adjacent to the robotic arm.