Patent ID: 8627784

Claim:
A system, comprising: a milking parlor entrance lane comprising: an entrance positioned adjacent to a cattle holding pen such that cattle in the cattle holding pen may pass through the milking parlor entrance lane; and an exit positioned adjacent to one or more stalls of a rotary milking parlor such that the cattle passing through the milking platform entrance lane may enter the one or more stalls of the rotary milking platform; an exit lane positioned on a side of the entrance lane opposite a forward direction of rotation of the rotary milking platform, the milking parlor exit lane positioned adjacent to one or more stalls of a rotary milking platform such that dairy cows may enter the exit lane from the one or more stalls of the rotary milking platform after being milked; a pressure sensor positioned adjacent to the exit lane, the pressure sensor operable to: generate a trigger in response to detecting a triggering pressure on the pressure sensor; and communicate the trigger to initiate stopping of the rotary milking platform.