Source: FARM JOURNAL AG TECH, 10/23/18


Improving animal welfare and employee safety—that’s the top two goals driving the creation of the industry’s first robotic cattle mover. Cargill says the robots are designed to move cattle from holding pens to the harvest area at processing plants, reducing stress to the animals by minimizing their proximity to human activity. t took two years to develop the prototype, including help from Temple Grandin, professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University.

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