Patent ID: 9027509
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: A01J,A01K

Abstract:
1. A milking parlour ( 1 ), comprising: a rotatable platform ( a first robotic manipulation device with a first arm and a first rearward-facing sensing unit that senses in a rearward direction relative to the first arm; a second robotic manipulation device with a second arm and a second forward-facing sensing unit that senses in a forward direction relative to the second arm, the rearward and forward directions being opposite to each other, wherein the first sensing unit of the first robotic manipulation device senses generally towards a rear of an animal standing in one of said milking stalls and the second sensing unit of the second robotic manipulation device senses in a direction generally towards a front of the animal standing in the one milking stall; and an electronic control system that controls movement of the first and second robotic manipulation devices with respect to rotary movement of the platform ( the electronic control system controls the first and second robotic manipulation devices so that i) the first robotic manipulation device, with the first rearward-facing sensing unit, attaches at least some of the teat cups ( ii) the second robotic manipulation device, with the second forward-facing sensing unit, attaches at least some of the teat cups (