Arla's robo 'milk maids' are using AI to churn your cheese

Gone are the days of milk maids on stools. At the 56,000-square-metre Arla factory in Taulov, Denmark, cheese production is moving towards complete automation - even when it comes to milking the cows. "The biggest challenge is to keep the variation small within the process," explains senior director Jørgen Greve. "About 70 per cent is automated." Once a robot arm has milked the cows, Arla analyses samples for protein and fat content.