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I toured a farm in the middle of nowhere in northern MN 7 years ago with this exact system. Laser Guided Teat Seeking Milker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w
by bombledmonk 1y ago
I toured a farm in the middle of nowhere in northern MN 7 years ago with this exact system.
Laser Guided Teat Seeking Milker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTERLJDKsIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTERLJDKsIw
Automatic Crane feed loading system for the Roomba-like robots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDEIcZwQa-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDEIcZwQa-o
Reverse Roomba-like automatic feeding robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-QFB827U-M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-QFB827U-M
- ethbr1 1y agoIf anyone is near eastern Tennessee, I'd recommend the Sweetwater Valley Farm tour (in Sweetwater, TN). They have the same Lely automatic milking machines from the article, and you can watch them do their thing. Honestly, the teat-cleaning is the neatest part -- you realize how much more hygienic a mindless automaton can be.
- rpmisms 1y agoI saw eastern TN and got excited, but you just mean east-ish TN. Johnson City matters too!
- ethbr1 1y agoTN has a lot of more-directions :D All the love to east-of-Knoxville
- ahartman00 1y agoI grew up on a farm, and worked at two others many years ago. We washed the teats before putting the machine on, and dipped them after. But yeah a mindless automaton wont sneeze, or forget to do their job :)
- ethbr1 1y agoHonestly, it was Matrix-woah watching the machine laser-target a teat, wash it, then suction on. All gently enough the cow didn't care. Turns out cow biscuits are a good motivator. (And taste kind of like wheat bran without any sugar and with more hay)
- bitwize 1y ago"Quite a seven years ago", sounds like a Strong Bad-ism. "That's got like, WAY four more cylinders than the standard Nathan."
- bombledmonk 1y agofixed