Abstract
The analytic observation of technology “motivated milking” technology is provided. The technology has significantly changed not only the approach to the cows milking, but the technology of milk production on the farm where in the center now is not the farmer but an animal with its physiological and ethological needs. The technology has laid a fundament to the future dairy farming. The history of creation, structure and functioning principle of automated milking systems, their spread in Ukraine and in the world was described. The main producers of robotized dairy equipment and the advantages and disadvantages of robotized milking technology was described. A number of proposals was formulated for successful distribution and exploitation of robotized milking systems.
Keywords:
milking robot, “intellectual farm”, “motivated milking”, dairy cattle breeding, innovative technologies