The Lely version of the robotic milking arm arm was introduced in 1992 and the Astronaut 4 version is a more developed model. It looks formidable, but that’s because it’s designed to be stable and to ...

Although robotic milking technology has been around for about 20 years, it’s recently become more advanced and widely used. The Astronaut A4 is the latest generation of robotic milker from ...

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Lely’s latest robot milker – called the A4 – claims to take automation a step further by giving the cow more freedom. The A4 differs in quite a number of ways to the existing A3 Next, which will ...

Lely’s Astronaut A4 milker has now been designed to make cow traffic movement a more natural and stress-free experience. Entry to the stall is now “straight in” rather than the angled door approach ...