Lely
Robot types: Milking robot, Feeding robot. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 17.3/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 1 of 3 among Agtech companies with incidents (250 tracked).
Analyst brief
The record consists of a single high-severity entry: a roughly $122 million class-action settlement over defects in the Astronaut A4 robotic milking system, dated September 2023. Severity is coded at 3, and the settlement value indicates a defect of scale affecting a fielded product line rather than an isolated unit failure. The record is a single legal/financial resolution, not a pattern of recurring incidents, and its press/litigation origin distinguishes it from a regulator-initiated action.
Risk index
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% | 1 of 2 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astronaut | Milking robot | shipping | 1 | 17.3 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| recall | 1 | 100% |
Unique incident list
1 unique incident on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S3 | ~Sep 2023 | recall | — | Lely settles Astronaut A4 robotic milking system defect class action for ~$122M · ~$122M settlement | brownfieldagnews.com |
S3 ~Sep 2023 · recall · Lely settles Astronaut A4 robotic milking system defect class action for ~$122M
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S3 | ~Sep 2023 | Lely settles Astronaut A4 robotic milking system defect class action for ~$122M | brownfieldagnews.com |
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