Robotic Milking: The Future?

The first milking robots were installed on commercial dairy farms in the Netherlands in 1992. The real break-through in automated milking came at the end of the 90s. Today there are approximately 1200 dairy farms worldwide milking their cows automatically. Over 90 percent of all dairy farms with automated milking systems are located in northwestern Europe, with by far the largest number in the Netherlands, the birthplace of robotic milking.