Latest innovation
Exos
Introduction
Unlock the full potential of fresh grass
With the launch of Lely Exos, we have unlocked the full potential of fresh grass. It’s our autonomous fresh grass solution for your farm. It cuts grass, harvests it, and fertilises your fields at the same time. Once fully loaded, it transports the grass to your barn(s) and feeds your cows. Exos does this completely autonomously, during day and night. Feeding fresh grass maximises the nutritional value. It saves you not only concentrate costs and storage, but also labour, fuel and machinery. Exos optimises your home-grown value.
USPs Exos
One pass
Cutting, transporting, and feeding grass in a single operation can save on labour, fuel, machinery, storage, and feed costs associated with making, storing, and feeding silage.
Sustainable solution
Recent research has shown that cows consuming fresh grass emit less intestinal methane due to easier digestibility. Grass also extracts nitrogen from the air, and adds significant organic matter to the soil.
Grass efficiency
Adding fresh grass to the ration allows you to maximise use of the nutritients and energy from plants. This can lead to increased milk yield from your land.
Features
Discover the potential of fresh grass with Exos
Exos is an automated guided vehicle that drives according to a planning and follows mowing and feeding schemes the farmer has created. Exos gets an assignment from the management system and drives to the designated field. It calculates the mowing pattern and the starting point. Now it starts mowing. It cuts the desired amount of grass and fertilises immediately. Once the demanded weight is met, Exos transports the grass to the barn. The barn door(s) open automatically, and Exos drives onto the feed alley, distributing the fresh grass evenly along the feed fence.
Exos cuts, harvests and fertilises in one pass. Exos can accurately apply liquid fertiliser to the grassland while mowing through its low-pressure fertiliser nozzles. It can use both conventional liquid fertilisers and circular fertiliser generated by the Lely Sphere N-capture. The 200-litter liquid fertiliser tank and precision applicator are ready to do the job. And a weight- and dosing system is integrated as well.
Grass harvested with Exos is just as fresh and tasty as it would be in the pasture. The Exos way of cutting and loading grass preserves the plant structure, keeps dirt out and leaves the wax layer intact.
The mown grass doesn't hit the ground but is taken directly from the cutter bar by the plastic flaps of the elevator. The grass stays clean without any dirt picked up from the soil. The soft plastic flaps gently transport the grass upwards dropping the grass loosely into the bunker. A conveyor belt runs across the bunker floor, controlled by a top sensor to get an evenly filled bunker platform.
Lely Exos is developed for soft soil conditions and sensitive swards. Its low weight and low pressure tyres, enable the machine to mow from early spring to late autumn. The wheels with individual drive and steering system prevent wheelspin and friction when driving and turning.
Specifications
The set-up of the Exos
- Stereo-camera’s on the front and back of the machine to detect and safely stop for obstacles.
- A GPS for accurate outdoor navigation and ultrasonic sensors for driving in the barn.
- A double knife cutterbar that cuts grass perfectly to boost rapid regrowth.
- A right, left, or dual-side unloading conveyor belt for precise and airy distribution.
How can we help?
Farmers all over the world make choices about how they set up and run their farms. Every day, we help them make the best choices for themselves and their farms. We do this by providing advice and innovative solutions that contribute to efficient farm management as well as sustainable milk and meat production, present and future.