Design of a Teat Cup Attachment Robot for Automatic Milking Systems

• Published in: Agriculture (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 6; p. 1273
• Main Authors: Wang, Chengjun, Ding, Fan, Ling, Liuyi, Li, Shaoqiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.06.2023
• Subjects: Accuracy; agriculture; Algorithms; AMS; Animal husbandry; Attachment; Cattle; China; cows; Dairy cattle; Dairy farming; Dairy farms; deep learning; Design; Design parameters; Dynamic response; Efficiency; Energy consumption; Farms; labor; Labor costs; Manipulators; Milk; Milking; Robotics; Robots; simulation design; teat cup attachment robot; TRIZ; China; Germany

Automatic milking systems (AMSs) for medium and large dairy farms in China require manual assistance to attach the teat cup, which greatly affects the milking efficiency and labor costs. In this regard, it is necessary to realize the automatic completion of cow teat attachment work. To address this...