Lely robotic milkers for the North American market will be assembled at Pella using locally sourced parts, said Chad Huyser, director of Sales/Operations at Lely USA.

Lely has launched three new robotic solutions for milking cows. Both Astronaut A5 Next and Astronaut Max build on the success of the Astronaut A5 milking robot. In addition, the Lely Hub was also ...

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R2D2 is in your barn, milking your cows Robots to milk and tend dairy cows could reduce the total number of farmers, but give the remaining ones more time to think (and sleep).

Brower estimates about 110 Lely robots have been installed in Leedstone's service area. Brower said each Lely Astronaut A4 can cost between $190,000 and $210,000 per robot.

Dutch agricultural firm Lely has developed a new robotic milker called Astronaut 4 that enables the farmer to monitor milking on a smartphone while the cows get on with the job themselves.

Brower estimates about 110 Lely robots have been installed in Leedstone's service area. Brower said each Lely Astronaut A4 can cost between $190,000 and $210,000 per robot.

Robots may be dairy's future, but not a cure-all, farmer says The number of licensed dairy farms in the U.S. has dropped from around 60,000 to 30,000 in the last two decades.

The robotic systems that Netherlands-based Lely has been developing since the early 1990s are much more about doing things the bovine way.