Lely

Founders (2)

• Cornelis van der Lelycofounderfounded 1948-01-01no longer at company
• Arij van der Lelycofounderfounded 1948-01-01no longer at company

Former / Previously (2)

• Cornelis van der Lely Co-Foundersince 1948-01-01secondary-verified
• Arij van der Lely Co-Foundersince 1948-01-01secondary-verified

Safety record

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Incidents affecting Lely (1)

• Lely settles A4 robotic-milker class action for about $122M over alleged defects affecting cow health and milk output (2023)2023-09-01 · Other

Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Peer companies

• DJI7 models
• Naio Technologies4 models
• WORX Landroid4 models
• Carbon Robotics3 models
• GreenField Robotics2 models
• HG Robotics2 models

Sources (1)

1. https://www.lely.com/solutions/milking/astronaut/ ↗

Common questions

What is Lely?

Dutch agricultural-robotics company; maker of the Astronaut robotic milking system (the market-leading automatic milking robot) and a range of autonomous dairy-farm robots for feeding, feed-pushing, and barn cleaning. Private.

Where is Lely based?

Lely is based in Maassluis, Netherlands.

What does Lely make?

Lely has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Astronaut (A5) (Lely builds physical robots).

Where does Lely operate robots?

Lely is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Are there any incidents involving Lely?

1 active incident involving Lely is on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.

Is Lely safe?

Lely has 1 active incident on record in the DEPLOY registry. 1 incident on record (1 serious). Most recent: Sep 2023. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.