Industry · Agtech
DeLaval
Robot types: Milking robot. Risk band: Low RobotRisk index 8.6/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 3 of 3 among Agtech companies with incidents (250 tracked).
Analyst brief
The record contains a single 2022 entry: a $55 million class-action settlement over defective milking robots, rated severity 2, classified as a regulatory/legal action rather than a press-reported operational incident. No other entries are present to establish a pattern.
Risk index
8.6/100RobotRisk index
14.7/100Median index across the 3 Agtech companies with incident history (250 tracked, 247 with none)
3 of 3Rank in Agtech (of 3 with incident history)
LowRisk band
Products and robot types
Industries: Agtech · Sectors: Farming
Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type.
| Robot type | Share of company risk | Rank within type |
|---|---|---|
| Milking robot | 100% | 2 of 2 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeLaval VMS | Milking robot | shipping | 1 | 8.6 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| regulatory | 1 | 100% |
Unique incident list
1 unique incident on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | 28 Jul 2022 | regulatory | — | DeLaval settles defective milking robots class action for $55M · $55M settlement | Top Class Actions |
S2 28 Jul 2022 · regulatory · DeLaval settles defective milking robots class action for $55M
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | 28 Jul 2022 | DeLaval settles defective milking robots class action for $55M | Top Class Actions |
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