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Published online 12 March 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030310-5
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Teat-seeking robot to help cows milk themselves
Soft-touch technology could increase yields while farmers lie in.
Dairy farmers of the future may sleep safe in the knowledge that an udder-friendly robot is doing the day's milking.
"The idea is to replace farmers' hands and allow cows to milk themselves whenever they fancy," says engineer Bruce Davies at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK.
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