Guided-flow or free-flow cow traffic is an important question to ask in the design and management planning of any automated milking system adoption.

It’s natural and understandable that most of us are instinctively risk-averse. Our challenge sometimes may be to accurately determine our risk versus reward. When lacking facts or experience, we’re unsure and tend to be more cautious, yet by doing so we may unknowingly overinflate our risk or undervalue our reward.

Dr. Kate Darling thrives on any chance she can get to study the interaction between humans and robots. Her specialty is robot ethics and how they apply in social and professional settings.

Lely opened its North American manufacturing facility in Pella, Iowa, in 2012. It is one of three manufacturing facilities in the world.

Just like any substantial project for your dairy operation, a robotic milking facility will represent a significant capital investment. Considering that you will utilize what you buy and build every day for the next 20 to 30 years, the payback for the time you spend researching is substantial.