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Lely is a robotics company founded 1948, based in Netherlands, developing 3 robots primarily in the Agricultural category.
Robotic milking and farm automation for dairy operations
Lely is a Dutch agricultural robotics company based in Maassluis, Netherlands, best known for robotic milking systems such as the Astronaut A5 Next and related dairy automation products. Its portfolio also includes farm automation solutions used by dairy producers in multiple countries, with a focus on animal well-being and labor efficiency.
Company facts
- HQ
- Maassluis, Netherlands
- Founded
- 1948 · 78 yrs
- Website
- lely.com
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Maker Score
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Milestones
Lely promoted the Astronaut A5 Next as its next-generation robotic milking system.
The Astronaut A5 milking robot was introduced and later reported record sales.
Founded by Cornelis and Arij van der Lely in Maassluis, Netherlands.
Press coverage
- Lely
The Robots HQ
- Lely Astronaut A5 Next - Automatic Milking Robot
Lely
- Lely closes a fantastic year with record sales of Astronaut A5 milking robots
Lely North America
In the news
1 event · last 90 days
17.8momentumOffaly dairy farm extends grazing season with Lely Grazeway
In the news
1 event · last 90 days
Why Lely has been in the news, across 1 outlet — collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's RoboScore — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Active products by Lely
3 shown| # | Category | Key specs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Lely Vector | Agricultural | — | — | 57.7 |
| 2 |  | Juno | Agricultural | IP rating IP20 | 2024 | 52.9 |
| 3 |  | Astronaut A5 Next | Agricultural | — | 2025 | 49.0 |
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