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DeLaval OptiDuo.

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Model specifications and operating notes.

DeLaval OptiDuo · family · Latest observation

Payload—Not listed

Battery—Not listed

Runtime—Not listed

Speed0.6km/h

Powertrain: Electric; 2 × 12 V VRLA 100 Ah batteries. At least 6 hours nonstop charging time per day.
Power: Not listed
Mass: 565 kg
Autonomy: Autonomous feed-table runs on induction lines with Adaptive Drive; obstacle sensors stop and restart when the path is clear.
Charge time: Not listed
Working width: 1.05 m
Dimension notes: GB/US technical data: min feed table 3.3 m; min corridor 2.2 m; max 5% slope. Weight is without concentrate dispenser.

OPERATING NOTES

GB/US technical data: maximum speed 10 m/min (0.6 km/h); standard working speed 5 m/min. 100 to 200 m at 10 runs/day, or up to 560 m at 5 runs/day, depending on driving conditions. Right-side pushing only. Facelift news: launched 2018; later model adds ABS cover and optional concentrate dispenser; “up to 10 times a day.”

INTERFACES & IMPLEMENTS

Optional concentrate dispenser (filled while charging)
Induction-line navigation

delaval.com/en-us/farm-solutions/feeding/delaval-optiduo ↗delaval.com/en-gb/farm-solutions/feeding/delaval-optiduo ↗delaval.com/globalassets/uk-ireland/brochures/deg0689-optiduo_brochure_12pager_edit_v2a_ukie-september2024_spread.pdf ↗delaval.com/en-us/farm-solutions/feeding/delaval-optiduo ↗

Specifications describe this product family and its listed configuration. Read operating notes for limits and qualifications. Listed figures are manufacturer or press claims, not independent verification of current availability.

Company profile

Behind the machine

DeLaval

DeLaval works with dairy farmers around the world on practical solutions for milking, feeding, housing and herd management, designed to support strong farm performance over time. Headquarters are in Tumba, Sweden.

Country of origin: SE · Sweden
Headquarters: Tumba, Sweden ↗
Markets: Dairy farming · Milking · Feeding · Housing · Herd management

Robot · DeLaval OptiDuo

Island Farm

Customer · Active · 1 units · Grower / farm · IE

Enniscorthy, County Wexford

dairy · feed pushing

Silage is buffer fed and pushed up by a DeLaval OptiDuo robot.

delaval.com ↗

Robot · DeLaval VMS

Island Farm

Customer · Active · 2 units · Grower / farm · IE

Enniscorthy, County Wexford

dairy · voluntary milking (VMS V310)

The Walsh family has milked cows at Island Farm near Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, since 1875. 4th generation James, and his son Andrew, milk 90 cows with the help of two DeLaval VMS V310 robots.

delaval.com ↗

Robot · DeLaval VMS

Keltonhill Farm

Customer · Active · 4 units · Grower / farm · GB

Castle Douglas

dairy · robotic milking

Grant Smith farms … at Keltonhill Farm near Castle Douglas. … Last year the family decided to invest in 4 DeLaval milking robots.

delaval.com ↗

Robot · DeLaval VMS

Park House Farm

Customer · Active · 5 units · Grower / farm · GB

Wigton, Cumbria

dairy · voluntary milking

Tony Blamire installed his first four DeLaval VMS robots at Park House Farm, near Wigton, Cumbria, in 2019. … he subsequently installed a fifth robot in 2024.

delaval.com ↗

Robot · DeLaval VMS

Suna farm

Customer · Active · 5 units · Grower / farm · AU

Wilmot, Tasmania

dairy (cross-bred) · voluntary milking

On Denise and Cameron Suna’s farm in Wilmot, Tasmania, five robots have replaced the old one-side double up herringbone system.

delaval.com ↗

Updates

News & developments

Product news · Aug 30, 2022

DeLaval presents facelift for OptiDuo™ ↗

OptiDuo facelift page (CMS created 30 Aug 2022; article itself has no dateline): names the 2018 launch and an ABS cover plus optional concentrate dispenser. “Over 1500 OptiDuos” is stated without a place, so it is not stored as a deployment count.

A closer look.

DeLaval OptiDuo at a feed table — DeLaval · official photo

US/GB OptiDuo pages: the robot remixes feed as it repositions it onto the feed table, using Adaptive Drive to change speed and track for different feed types and pile sizes. Induction-line navigation plus obstacle sensors stop the machine if a person or animal is in the way and restart when the path is clear. GB/US technical data fetched 2026-10-02: max 10 m/min, standard working speed 5 m/min, operating width 1.05 m, min feed table 3.3 m, min corridor 2.2 m, max 5% slope, 100–200 m at 10 runs/day or up to 560 m at 5 runs/day depending on conditions, right-side pushing only, at least 6 hours nonstop charging per day. 2018 launch is named on the facelift news page.

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