Unmanned vehicle to carry out an animal-related action, provided with a frame and a control device to control the vehicle and a locomotion device to move the unmanned vehicle, and with a protective device to protect the vehicle against obstacles, wherein the protective device includes a touchable electrical conductor which extends on the outside of, advantageously around, the vehicle, and a voltage source to supply voltage to the conductor under the control of the control device.

A feed system (1) for the feeding of animals, comprising: a feed wagon (3), having: a holder (4), a dispensing device (5), a regulating unit (8), comprising a sending and receiving device (9), and being connected to a drive and control system, and a feed loading device (12), a feed site, a central control system (16) provided with a sending and receiving device (17) which is configured to communicate wirelessly with the sending and receiving device of the regulating unit, and comprising a memory in which are stored navigation data on the basis of which the feed wagon is capable of covering a route from the feed loading site to the feed site, and wherein the central control system transmits a packet of data comprising these navigation data to the regulating unit. The regulating unit regulates the drive and control system on the basis of that packet of data.

A method for distributing feed over multiple separate feeding locations includes determining which feeding locations have a feed requirement; selecting a first feeding location among the feeding locations having a feed requirement; determining a feed composition to be delivered to the first feeding location; determining which further feeding locations have a feed requirement and require the same feed composition; selecting at least one further feeding location; filling the feed delivery device with an amount of the determined feed composition; and distributing the feed, wherein the amount of feed distributed to a selected feeding location depends on the ratio between amount to be delivered to said selected feeding location and the sum of the amounts of feed to be delivered to all selected feeding locations.

A remotely controlled pulley transport system may comprise a support line and a transport apparatus configured to be supported on the support line. The transport apparatus may comprise a platform including a housing, a first wheel rotatably mounted on the housing and configured to rest upon the support line, a propulsion device configured to rotate the first wheel to move the transport apparatus along the support line, a connection device mounted on the housing of the platform and configured to removably connect to an object to be transported by the transport apparatus with the connection device including a hook. The system may also include a control assembly configured to control operation of the transport apparatus remotely.

A system and method for control of the system, with a plurality of autonomous vehicles having intersecting routes, a control, an operational area, and a predefined place with positions provided with a vehicle presence detection device. The method includes detecting the presence of the vehicles in a detection device, and beginning to travel with a first vehicle according to a travel action. The travel action is chosen from travelling of a route through the operational area from a predefined place, and an advancing action within a predefined place from a first detection device to a second detection device which is not yet occupied. Beginning to travel is carried out only if each of the vehicles has been detected as present at one of the predefined places, or, at most one vehicle has the status not present at one of the predefined places if the travel action relates to an advancing action.

A feed mixer assembly having a feed mixer platform on which is mounted a hopper with an auger assembly rotatably mounted therein. A first electric motor drives the auger via a main gearbox. A battery assembly on the platform provides electricity via a first inverter to power the electric motor. A control gearbox assembly mounted on the platform includes a three-way gearbox disposed to transfer power between a first driveshaft coupled to an external power source; a second driveshaft coupled to a pump, and a third driveshaft coupled to an electric motor/generator. Power from the external power source can be used to drive the pump and/or generate electricity from the electric motor/generator for storage by the battery. Alternatively, the electric motor/generator, powered by the battery, can be used to drive the pump.

Terrestrial multitasking mobile robot capable of being coupled to said structure and transporting it, through the maneuvering area (Am) and along the operating corridor (Cf) between the various bays (29), providing access to the various implements (1 to 7) arranged in the aerial magazine (Ma) or for coupling to the implements in the terrestrial magazine (Mt) used to distribute products and supplies for livestock rearing.

A system for carrying out an animal-related operation, including an autonomous vehicle and a charging station for charging a battery system of the vehicle. The charging station includes a transmitting body with a primary coil. The vehicle includes a receiving body with a secondary coil. The vehicle is maneuverable relative to the transmitting body of the charging station in such a way that the primary coil of the transmitting body and the secondary coil of the receiving body are mutually aligned in a charging state to transfer electrical energy wirelessly from the primary coil to the secondary coil for wireless charging of the vehicle's battery system. The system includes a cleaning device for cleaning at least the receiving body of the vehicle before the primary coil of the transmitting body and the secondary coil of the receiving body are mutually aligned in the charging state.

A system for distributing a plurality of predetermined amounts of predetermined feeds including at least one feed component to preselected recipients thereof at a plurality of respective feed locations. The system includes a track assembly with a track and a feeder assembly movable along the track. The feeder assembly includes a mixer subassembly for preparing a preselected one or more of the feed components together to provide the predetermined amounts of the predetermined feeds, and a dispensing subassembly, configured to receive the predetermined feeds from the mixer subassembly and to provide the predetermined feeds to the preselected recipients thereof. The system also includes a feeder mounting assembly, for mounting the feeder assembly to the track, and a motion assembly for moving the feeder assembly along the track.

A pet food feeding system that can include a series of stacked trays containing food, or other comestible elements, that can be stored within a refrigerated container, where within the container, there can be a set of motors configured to manipulate the trays for dispensing through a dispensing port. The system can include a controller that may monitor the time a tray remains dispensed, whether the comestible elements were consumed or partially consumed, and retain and/or redispense an unconsumed portion of the comestible elements. The controller can further determine the approach of a pet to signal the dispensing.