Can Linux milk a cow?
Yes, I mean Linux (the kernel) and not Linus (Torvalds). It seems the answer is Yes! 🙂 A 122-year-old dairy equipment company has used Linux to control a robotic cow-milking system (the system is robotic, not the cows). Delaval’s “Voluntary Milking System” (VMS) lets the cows decide for themselves when to be milked, and gives dairy farmers a more independent lifestyle, free from regular milkings, the company says. The system runs a 2.4.18 Linux kernel on an x86 single-board computer. Be sure to catch the cool videos showing cows using the VMS to milk themselves. Check out the full moo. Don’t forget the videos.
