GREENSBORO, N.C. — New technology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is bringing changes to the university's dairy farm. It's a robotic milking machine that's expected to improve productivity and efficiency. 

Dairy farm supervisor Corey Burgess said he wanted to bring an automated milking system (AMS) to the farm after he saw a video of it on YouTube.

He said after driving to the closest dairy farm that had the new technology in South Carolina, he was sold.

“I saw a 3-day-old fresh cow. She went to that robot and she milked like she had been doing it for a hundred days,” said Burgess, who has been working at North Carolina A&T for 18 years. 

The robot model is a DeLaval V300, and the machine is already proving to be worth the purchase for Burgess. The AMS frees up six to eight hours of his day, which allows him to do other things around the farm. 

“I can look at my pasture management stuff. I get more opportunity to teach my students different things and get them more exposed to different aspects of dairy,” he said.  

AMS is one of many systems that continue to improve the farming industry.

How the robot works is it recognizes the cow and how their body functions, like their udders. The tubes attach on and it starts the milking process. 

According to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, robotic systems like the DeLaval V300 allow farmers to be more profitable, efficient and more environmentally friendly.