"There's already a prototype robot that brings cows in to be milked"
Long-term, that is a dead end. The thing is, you don't have to bring in your cows, and certainly not all at the same time, if you have a milking robot. They will come in by themselves if they want to be milked.
Also, I find it curious that this is news. Milking robots have been used for decades (since the early 1990's)
Economically, we have about reached the point where the robot is economically feasible (a robot increases milk production, but costs money, both in investments and in electricity. It's not a given that the increase in milk production pays for the extra costs)
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"There's already a prototype robot that brings cows in to be milked"
Long-term, that is a dead end. The thing is, you don't have to bring in your cows, and certainly not all at the same time, if you have a milking robot. They will come in by themselves if they want to be milked.
Also, I find it curious that this is news. Milking robots have been used for decades (since the early 1990's)
Economically, we have about reached the point where the robot is economically feasible (a robot increases milk production, but costs money, both in investments and in electricity. It's not a given that the increase in milk production pays for the extra costs)