Move over farmers, Milk-Bots (and his robot friends) are doing it better...Cows are happier.

[nicehat]

Still dont think robots will be taking over the world? They probably already have alot to do with your food supply.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H_gi3TtvcE

 

 

 

It looks like cows are perfectly capable of deciding when they need to be milked. The benefits of using robots to milk those good old cows are many. The robots work around the clock, improving efficiency. Because the cows are able to be milked more often, they're in less pain. And the farmers get to sleep just a tiny bit more or concentrate on the millions of other things that have to be done. 

 

 

 

Robotic milking machines are just one aspect of farming that has become more automated in recent years. Robots are also being used to round up cows in the field, a 2013 article from the BBC. Amazingly, the cows were unfazed by an unmanned robotic rover patrolling the fields and took to it quite easily.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7WSpbEs4Gc

 

Also, be sure to check out the "lettuce bot" 

 

 

The "Wine Bot"

 

 

The "Nursery Bot"

 

 

The "Bee Bot"  :lol:

 

 

And lastly, the "Hamster Bot"

 

 

Using GPS and wi-fi technology, the device aims to collect information about soil composition, temperature, moisture and plant health, then broadcast it back to the farmer.

 

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-24955943

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/cows-make-friends-with-robots--everybody-s-happier-135937575.html

[Anthony10]

LOL EWWW @ THE MILKBOT

[alexdenseje7]

As long as it don't cost me anyting it is fine with me

 

Edit: I can't see the 4 video!

[Imaginaerum]

I remember seeing the milk bot in Canada 10 years ago, I thought that was pretty darn awesome for the cow.

[nicehat]

As long as it don't cost me anyting it is fine with me

 

Edit: I can't see the 4 video!

 

The fourth video? The lettuce-bot one? I edited with an embedded video. 

[Misanthrope]

Ah so we're ever more close to farmers actually just playing a glorified farmville game to control their ranches!

[HexaGuy]

Pretty cool tech we have here.

[Xorbot]

Does this mean we can finally get rid of Daylight Saving Time?

[Notional]

Milkbots are pretty much standard in danish farming. They are fully automatic, and the cows freely and voluntarily steps into the machine when they feel they need milking. Pretty awesome

[Askew]

The Facebook oculus farming regimen cometh.

[wpirobotbuilder]

Does this mean we can finally get rid of Daylight Saving Time?

DST was originally imagined to give people more sun, and was adopted during the first World War by Germany to save energy. Nothing do with farmers.

[flibberdipper]

I thought this was going to be some stupid game like Goat Simulator...