AUTONOMOUS DEVICE FOR EXECUTING ONE OR MORE OPERATIONS ON OR NEAR THE TEATS OF A DAIRY ANIMAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF MILKING THE DAIRY ANIMAL AND METHOD OF MILKING A DAIRY ANIMAL.

摘要

The invention relates to an autonomous device (15) for executing one or more operations on or near the teats of a dairy animal (50) for the purpose of milking the dairy animal, comprising a self-propelled wheeled undercarriage (16) which can travel freely across a floor surface in at least two independent directions, and a robot arm (17) which is fitted to the undercarriage and configured to execute the one or more operations on or near the teats of the dairy animal, wherein the device is configured to execute the one or more operations in a milking device (1) with a milking floor (14) on which the dairy animals are situated during milking, and wherein the device (15) is supported on a stationary pit floor (10) during the execution of the one or more operations, which pit floor is at a lower level than the milking floor.