Lely Zeta AI Calving & AI Barn Monitor

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At Lely, innovation is in our DNA. We continuously develop, test, and introduce cutting-edge solutions to enhance efficiency and animal welfare on your farm. With the integration of AI, we're ushering in a new era in dairy farming. Introducing AI Calving Monitor and AI Barn Monitor, a Yellow Revolution concept called Lely Zeta. An extra pair of eyes in your barn, helping ensure that as a dairy farmer you can enjoy peace of mind. Lely Zeta relies on cameras, LED lighting, AI, and smart algorithms to recognise and locate cows and driving barn robots. It monitors and reports on the health of the cows, without you having to be in the barn all the time.

Zeta AI Barn Monitor

Insight into cow health

Lely Zeta serves as an extra pair of eyes in your barn, providing invaluable data insights, from monitoring cow behaviour to tracking the precise location of cows and driving barn robots.

Detection of cows in heat

Efficient farm management requires accurate heat detection. The AI Barn Monitor’s heat function monitors aspects such as walking patterns and the variety of visited locations in the barn to determine if a cow is in heat. In this case, you receive a notification via an app.

Managing driving barn robots

Coordinating driving autonomous barn robots with the places where cows are present in the barn allows the robots to do their work efficiently without disturbing cows. Zeta anticipates your needs, taking action when appropriate.

Dynamic lighting

One of Zeta’s important features is LED lighting. This lighting helps the camera make clear images. A special ‘full moon’ setting is developed for the night, which provides just enough twilight to make the system work without disturbing the cows. The lights switch between daylight and moon light according to set time schedules.

Locate cows; spot on!

Zeta’s accurate location determination helps you find that one cow that needs extra attention without delay. In addition to displaying her position, the cow is literally put in the spotlight. If the cow moves, the spotlight follows her, so you can quickly see where you need to be.

Into the future with Lely Zeta

Technology is advancing at an unprecedented rate, expanding the potential of AI, Lely Zeta harnesses this power by generating and collecting a wide range of data and insights from the barn, which are useful for decision-making on the farm of the future. Our vision for Zeta centres around offering cows access to pasture. In the coming years, we will continue to expand and refine the Zeta concept to further support dairy farmers. Future enhancements will include early health problem detection, more detailed calving process monitoring, feed intake registration, and more efficient scheduling of multiple driving barn robots. Thanks to updates via the internet, newly developed functionalities are easy to incorporate.

Zeta AI Calving Monitor

A watchful eye above the calving pen

You can suspend an individual fixture above the calving pen. Utilising advanced AI, Lely Zeta is trained to recognise the stages of calving and detect contractions accurately. You can easily monitor all cows on your phone, and identify those experiencing contractions, indicated by a contraction score. When calving really begins, you'll receive a notification. If complications arise and the process takes too long, an alarm will alert you. Whether you’re resting or working on other tasks in the barn, Lely Zeta keeps watch, ensuring you're informed promptly. 

AI Calving Monitor explained

A successful calving process is crucial for both the mother cow's new lactation cycle and the newborn calf's start in life. While calving often proceeds smoothly, there are times when intervention is necessary. Lely Zeta continuously monitors the calving process. You can hang an individual fixture above the calving pen.

Detecting Contractions

Utilising advanced AI, Lely Zeta is trained to recognise the stages of calving and detect contractions accurately. You can easily monitor all cows on your phone, and identify those experiencing contractions, indicated by a contraction score.

Alarm Notifications

When calving begins, you'll receive a notification. If complications arise and the process takes too long, an alarm will alert you. Whether you’re resting or working in the barn, Lely Zeta keeps watch, ensuring you're informed promptly.

Monitoring the Calving Process

Lely Zeta acts as an extra pair of eyes and more. We’re ready to further shape the barn of the future and integrate AI to monitor all the stages in the calving process, detect critical events, and collect data to help improve the health of your cows and calves.

Why Lely?

Farmers all over the world make choices about how they set up and run their farms. Every day, we help them make the best choices for themselves and their farms. We do this by providing advice and innovative solutions that contribute to efficient farm management. For sustainable milk and meat production. Present and future.

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