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Robots Milking Cows
axlrosen writes "The Globe has an article about robotic cow-milking machines. The cows are trained to walk up to the machine, and then "a laser locates the cow's nipples, which are cleaned by rollers coated with disinfectant before being milked by long, white suction tubes on the unit's milking claw. Vacuum-activated rubber rings at the end of each tube massage the nipple, prompting the cow to release its milk.""
hahahaha april fools hahahaha
dumb ass
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I've got this. It's called my right hand.
Plus the computer has to monitor the flow of the milk to check for globs of mastitis material and maybe check the udder for hardness. In my opinion this sounds interesting but milking parlers have really made the whole milking process pretty efficient. Somehow the human putting on the unit and observing the health of the cow makes me a bit more comfortable with the system.
Robot killing cows, and I was like thank god we don't actually have to have a human slaughter anything anymore.
An Education is the Font of All Liberty
With this technology, we can now directly seek and attack the nipples of our country's enemies. Adding this as aonther stage on our already intelligent weapons... we could really wreak havoc to our enemies. You'd think they'd have to be bathing or swimming at the time. But with highly tuned IR sensors, it just might work.
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Where would an invention like this be more profitable -- in the farming industry, or the adult-novelties industry?
My aunt and i being dairy farmers have known of these for years.
We feel ours would need two mods:
1) a hawking voice
2) air powered cylinder with steel pipe
This is so when the bove(cow) kicked the snot out of the bot(robot), as they often do to the milkmades, the pipe wold smack the bove while yelling in hawking "god damn you hag".
tecno dairy humor
Can we have several of these at the local sperm bank?
I thought, "HAHA The first April Fools Day post."
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No sig for you!!
just wondering whether robots can be infected by it ? that would pretty much sink us into terminator realms
My mom never taught me to sign.
Milk is so insanely overpriced. I for one will be glad the day comes when most mundane tasks such as farming are mostly automated.
An Education is the Font of All Liberty
Doesn't any of this frighten anyone? I place this machine only a few steps below the Cow raping machine, which keeps the sows pregnant and lactating. Sadly, I cannot express much enthusiasm over such a machine. I am not a vegetarian but I do not drink milk or eat dairy products, and I feel that it has had a positive effect upon my digestive system. Thus I may feel morally superior in realizing that my habits do not contribute to the manufacture of such devices.
Yes... of course you do.
I've seen this on the news here in Norway. Some farmers joined in on an automated barn, with this automatic milking system. That was over a year ago, though. The cows go to the machine and get a snack when they are in the little milking booth. An inductive radio chip necklace tells the computer wich cow is in the booth and gives detailed statistics to the farmer.
If you think this technology will lower the price of milk appreciably, you're out of your mind. Most of the price you pay is markup by middlemen. Check the market price of raw milk and you'll realize farmers don't get paid dick.
Milk is so insanely overpriced. I for one will be glad the day comes when most mundane tasks such as farming are mostly automated.
Can you say "government subsidies" boys and girls? I knew you could.
For the American dairy farmer to copmete in the global market, the US Government subsidises the dairy industry. This drives up the prices of dairy products locally and allows American dairy products to be dumped on other markets at a much lower cost (because the government is paying the price difference).
So, when you are paying $2.50 (US) a gallon for milk think about this: some of your tax money has already been spent to purchse that milk. You are paying twice for the same product. This is true of any governemnt subsidised industry.
What a waste of tax dollars. it's ridiculous.
sulli
RTFJ.
Automated milking machines have been around for many years. At least two decades, actually.
Repeal the DMCA!
WTF is your point?? A cow raping machine, if you have no moral problems with eating meat, then how is this repugnant? Your eating habits kill cows/steers, do they not? Could you please make a point or a consecutive set of points? WTF is your point, you anaemic meat eating morally superior Cow rights hero. Please make a point.
They can truly replace farmers!