Development Report:
Views over last 60 days: 366
Automatic Milking System
Masahiko Hayashi
Kubota Co. Ltd. 7-6-5 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0005, Japan
Received:January 12, 1999Accepted:February 1, 1999Published:June 20, 1999
Keywords:robot, milking, supersonic sensor
Abstract
Automatic milking system was developed to make daily agricultural work easier by freeing personnel from daily milking and enabling family-run farms to be enlarged. This system includes a mobile robot with supersonic sensors for detecting cow teats and fitting on the milking cup automatically. Teats are cleaned and cups removed automatically when milking is finished. Automatic milking lowers the chance for personnel directly check a cow's condition, however, our system solves this problem by computerizing cow management. To guide cows through the system, a special barn layout is used. This system is currently operating at 8 sites in Japan.
Cite this article as:M. Hayashi, “Automatic Milking System,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.11 No.3, pp. 225-226, 1999.Data files:
Copyright© 1999 by Fuji Technology Press Ltd. and Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. All right reserved.
