A device for translating a scraper of droppings covering a corridor of a livestock building. The device includes a chain secured to the scraper, a first sprocket secured to a first end of the chain and a second sprocket secured to a second end of the chain. The first sprocket is rotated by a first motor and the second sprocket is rotated by a second motor in the opposite direction of the first sprocket. A controller controls power supply to the motors and takes states including: a driving state of the scraper in a first direction, wherein the first motor is supplied with power and the power supply of the second motor is cut off; and a driving state of the scraper in a direction opposite to the first direction, wherein the second motor is supplied with power and the power supply of the first motor is cut off.

A system for collecting and processing animal waste includes a plurality of wheels, a scoop, an impeller, at least one motor, and a chute, each of which is coupled to a chassis. The scoop is configured to shovel animal waste that is received by the impeller, which is configured to fragmentize the animal waste with at least one spinning blade and deliver the fragmentized animal waste to the chute, which in turn facilitates delivery of the fragmentized animal waste to a receptacle.

Manure collecting device, comprising a manure pick-up device for picking up manure from a floor of an animal accommodation, and a reservoir for collecting therein manure picked up by the manure pick-up device, wherein the manure pick-up device comprises a housing, comprising a receiving opening to be arranged close to the floor for the purpose of receiving manure in the housing therethrough, a delivery opening arranged close to the reservoir for the purpose of delivering the picked-up manure to the reservoir therethrough, and an at least partially cylindrical inner wall, wherein the inner wall extends at least between the receiving opening and the delivery opening, and a rotatably movable body with a central shaft and at least one arm extending radially relative to the shaft between the shaft and the inner wall, wherein the manure pick-up device is configured such that, while the body moves in rotating manner, the manure is picked up close to the receiving opening by means of the arm and is transported through the housing to the reservoir in co-action with the inner wall.

The invention relates to a system to carry out a floor related action. The system comprises an animal enclosure for detaining at least one animal and provided with an enclosure floor surface, a first autonomous vehicle configured to navigate over the floor surface to carry out the floor related action, and a feed providing device to provide feed to the animal. The system comprises a communication signal configured to transmit a communication signal representative for an actual or planned feeding action of the feed providing device to the first vehicle, which action influences the position of animals with the animal enclosure. In order to move the first vehicle more efficiently over the stable floor, in particular to avoid interference with animals on the stable floor, the first vehicle is capable to adapt its navigation based on the communication signal representative for the actual or planned feeding action.

An at least semi-autonomous litter conditioning vehicle has a chassis. A drive system is coupled to the chassis and can move the vehicle along a floor of an animal enclosure. A collection system is coupled to a front portion of the chassis and includes a flailer that can reduce a particle size of the litter as the collection system collects litter from the floor. A conditioning system is coupled along a length of the chassis and includes a drum that can receive the collected litter and can be rotated to tumble the litter. A heating element of the conditioning system can transfer thermal energy to the litter as it is tumbled in the drum. A dispersement system is coupled to a back portion of the chassis. The dispersement system can receive conditioned litter from the conditioning system and can disperse the conditioned litter on the floor behind the vehicle.

A system for performing an animal-related action includes a self-propelled vehicle with a regulating unit including a transmitting and receiving device. The regulating unit is connected to a drive and control system of the vehicle, including an electric drive motor and a battery system. The system includes a central operating system provided with a transmitting and receiving device designed to communicate with the transmitting and receiving device of the vehicle. The central operating system includes a memory in which data are stored comprising navigation data, on the basis of which the vehicle is able to travel a predetermined route from a charging station, through at least a part of the operating area, and then back to the charging station. The central operating system transmits a packet of data including these navigation data to the regulating unit of the vehicle.

Self-propelled animal-shed vehicle for removing manure from a floor, and comprising a frame, a manure pick-up device, and a manure collecting bin, wherein the manure pick-up device comprises a rotating, continuous manure pick-up belt, at least two reversing parts, around which the belt can be rotatably moved, and a drive for moving the manure pick-up belt around the reversing parts, wherein the manure pick-up device during use keeps the manure pick-up belt in contact with the floor by means of a bottom reversing part, and wherein the drive is configured to move the manure pick-up belt at a peripheral speed, in such a manner that the manure pick-up belt moves from a bottom side of the bottom reversing part to a top side of the reversing part along the reversing part. Such a vehicle can keep an animal-shed floor clean in a very efficient manner. The invention also provides an assembly of such an animal-shed vehicle and an animal-shed floor which is configured to separate manure which lands thereon into solid droppings and urine.

A fully automatic pet cabin cleaning mechanism, comprising guide rails, and a strip-shaped cleaning module that can reciprocate along the guide rails in the pet cabin, a front side of the cleaning module is provided with a feces shoveling board, one end of the feces shoveling board contacts a bottom of the pet cabin, and the cleaning module is provided with a feces collection tank on a front side of an end of a movement path; a bottom of the cleaning module is provided with a cleaning roller brush, which is in contact with the bottom of the pet cabin and can rotate at a high speed. The cleaning mechanism can be arranged in the pet cabin, and through the automatic operation of the equipment, it can automatically complete the daily cleaning of the pet living environment.

A driving robot for agricultural tasks includes a chassis and a functional unit mounted on the chassis. The chassis provides supports carrying the functional unit. A force sensor is provided for at least one of the supports, which detects a force exerted by the functional unit on the chassis.

A vehicle for a livestock facility includes a storage tank positioned on a vehicle frame, a collector frame attached to the vehicle frame, first and second operable arms that are attached to the collector frame and positioned proximate a front of the collector frame, a vacuum system having a suction inlet that extends from proximate the collection area to the storage tank, and an agitating mechanism that is positioned within the collection area. The first and second operable arms at least partially define a collection area. The agitating mechanism operates within the collection area to process waste material and direct waste material toward the suction inlet.