System and method for controlling the position of a robot carriage based on the position of a milking stall of an adjacent rotary milking platform

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PATENT NO 9980458
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15240289

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A system includes a linear carriage track positioned adjacent to a rotary milking platform, a robot carriage positioned on the carriage track such that the robot carriage may move along the carriage track from a first linear position to a second linear position, and a controller. The controller determines a movement of a milking stall of the rotary milking platform from a first rotational position to a second rotational position. The controller further determines the second linear position of the robot carriage on the carriage track corresponding to the movement of the milking stall of the rotary milking platform. The controller also communicates a position signal to a carriage actuator coupled to the robot carriage and the carriage track. The position signal causes the carriage actuator to move the robot carriage along the carriage track from the first linear position to the second linear position in conjunction with the movement of the rotary milking platform.

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TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS CORP3737 WILLOWICK ROAD HOUSTON TX 77019

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
de, Ruijter Cor Staphorst, NL 59 228
Hofman, Henk Lemmer, NL 124 636
Koekoek, Menno Dronten, NL 60 258
van, der Sluis Peter Willem Ijsselmuiden, NL 141 666

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