Foregoneconclusion
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a few folk on here have said they get loads of trouble just moving cows across the road with people there, I really cant see how this would work
Cows - especially robotic cows have a great ability to know where they should go.. i know of one chap who astonishingly lets his cows out of the parlour to cross the road to grazing completely unattented apart from the tail end charlies..admittedly this is in a big mob and not bit by bit. However.. it is NVS!
But perhaps by trouble you mean human trouble.. yes.. the risks are certainly there especially as some cows may enjoy standing in a pool of light on the highway enjoying the view.. and yes some tool may leave horse access gates open but technology these days can surely be employed to activate an interlock?
I would certainly have cctv on site and warning lights etc.. but can't mitigate all the risks. In the case of a power cut some gates can be set to close off the access until power was restored.. the bots etc wouldn't work anyway if power went down. Sensors on the lanes could be employed to block cow crossing if cars are detected on the highway too..
In this day and age surely we have the technology...