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Volume 30, Issue 5
1 October 2003
Industrial Robot: the international journal of robotics research and application Cover Image for Volume 30, Issue 5
Research Article| October 01 2003

Biomimetic robotics heralds new era in dairy farming

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Andrew Peacock
Andrew Peacock is based at IceRobotics Limited, Scottish Microelectronics Centre, Edinburgh EH9 3JF, Scotland, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 131 650 7457; Fax: +44 (0) 131 650 7475; E‐mail: info@icerobotics.co.uk; Web site: www.icerobotics.co.uk
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Robert Boyce is based at IceRobotics Limited, Scottish Microelectronics Centre, Edinburgh EH9 3JF, Scotland, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 131 650 7457; Fax: +44 (0) 131 650 7475; E‐mail: info@icerobotics.co.uk; Web site: www.icerobotics.co.uk
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-5791
Print ISSN: 0143-991X
© MCB UP Limited
2003
Industrial Robot (2003) 30 (5): 414–416.
https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910310492158

Describes an automated robotic milking system that allows self‐milking by cows. Benefits include increased yield, improved cow welfare and reduced labour. Describes elephant‐trunk robotic arms and vision guidance system for teat acquisition.

Keywords: Agriculture, Robotics, Livestock
© MCB UP Limited
2003
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