Agricultural Machinery Engineering
Agricultural Machinery Engineering 101: Livestock Machinery — Automating the Milking Robot, TMR, Manure Removal, and Individual Cow Management
A milking robot runs on a voluntary system in which the cow herself chooses when she's milked; a TMR mixer turns an inhomogeneous granular material — feed — into a single uniform meal; manure-removal robots and individual-management sensors keep barn hygiene and reproductive management running without a break. This article reads through equations and public materials current products including the Lely Astronaut, DeLaval VMS V300, domestic TMR mixers, Orion Machinery's BARN-E, and Farmnote Color.