page_title: Automatic milking
section_title: Manufacturers
hierarchical_section_title: Automatic milking / Automatic milking systems (AMS) / Manufacturers
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: VMS, ein automatisches Melksystem vom schwedischen Hersteller DeLaval.
context_page_description: Automatic milking is the milking of dairy animals, especially of dairy cattle, without human labour. Automatic milking systems, also called voluntary milking systems, were developed in the late 20th century. They have been commercially available since the early 1990s. The core of such systems that allows complete automation of the milking process is a type of agricultural robot. Automated milking is therefore also called robotic milking. Common systems rely on the use of computers and special herd management software. Also it used to monitor the health status of cows.
context_section_description: Lely (Netherlands), Lely Astronaut AMS
  DeLaval (Sweden), DeLaval VMS
  Fullwood (UK), Merlin AMS
  GEA Farm Technologies (Germany, formerly WestfaliaSurge), MIone AMS
  Milkomax (Canada), Tie-Stall AMS
  SAC (Denmark), purchased the Dutch manufacturer of the Galaxy Robot AMS in 2005, sell under the brands SAC RDS Futureline MARK II, Insentec Galaxy Starline, BouMatic’s ProFlex
  BoumaticRobotics (NL), MR-S1, MR-D1
  Prompt Softech (Ahmedabad, India) Manufacturer of Automatic Milk Collection System.
  ADF Milking (UK), Manufacturer of the Automatic Dipping and Flushing system.
  JSC Mototecha Lithuania, manufacturer of mobile milking parlour systems.
caption: A DeLaval VMS unit, 2007
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