A plot of land has been allocated in the Moscow region for the production of domestic robot milkers under the import substitution support program "Land for 1 Ruble."
Robot milkers are installed on a farm where cows are kept loose. The cow enters the milking area on its own, the robot milker reads information about its diet and milk fat content from the animal's chip, processes the udder, puts on the milking machine and starts milking. It is expected to receive about 10 liters of milk from one cow in one procedure, and the robot determines when to stop the process. Per day, it can get milk from about 80 cows.
The departure of foreign players from the market has revealed an urgent need for rapid and high-quality replacement of these products. Robot milkers allow cows to be milked not on a schedule, but in accordance with the biorhythm of the animals. This will be a unique product. We plan to produce 20 such robots per year. If necessary, we will be able to increase production capacity and launch additional production workshops.
According to the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Science of the Moscow Region, production will be launched in the Solnechnogorsk city district. A production workshop for robots with parking will appear there, which will occupy 2740 square meters. Investments in the project will amount to more than 60 million rubles.
Construction is scheduled to begin by the end of 2024, and production is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2026, providing jobs for more than 20 residents of the district. In the meantime, "SE" is developing software and prototypes of robot milkers at its existing enterprise in Tula.