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Volume 31, Issue 5
1 October 2004
Industrial Robot: the international journal of robotics research and application Cover Image for Volume 31, Issue 5
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G.E. Gorman
G.E. Gorman
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Research Article| October 01 2004

Robots provide 24/7 milking service for cows Available to Purchase

Anna Kochan
Anna Kochan
European Associate Editor for Industrial Robot
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-5791
Print ISSN: 0143-991X
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2004
Industrial Robot (2004) 31 (5): 396–400.
https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910410551782

Dutch company Insentec has developed a robotic solution for milking cows. Using a standard industrial robot and machine vision, Insentec's Galaxy product is a fully automated milking station that is available to cows 24 h a day. Some 100 systems are already in use on farms around Europe.

Keywords:
Robotics, Agricultural equipment, Animals, Milk
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2004
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