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Automation of labour using milking and feeding robots

Growing dairy herds on farms leads to a higher workload, especially due to regularly recurring, time-bound activities such as milking. This leads to less flexibility on the farms and can also have a stressful effect on personal life. In addition, trained skilled workers are increasingly difficult to find. In order to achieve the goals of reducing working hours and increasing time flexibility, making work easier and providing individualized animal care for herds, farms are focusing on automating work processes.