DeLaval has a set of photos -- sure don't look like dairy barn I grew up with.
If I understand "voluntary" means a cow can walk into the robot and be milked whenever she wants. While I've always believed dairies generally took good care of their cows, the voluntary aspect is something entirely new. There would seem to a tension between the food movement, which likely disapproves of the size a dairy needs to be to justify such a robot system, and the animal rights movement, which should see a gain to animal welfare from the voluntary milking.
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