DETERMINATION OF THE APPLICABILITY OF ROBOTICS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Robotization in agriculture must be carried out taking into account various factors. Agricultural organizations are in different conditions, therefore, just economic efficiency is not enough to justify the implementation of robotics. Timeliness of the research topic is conditioned by the need to assess the applicability of implementing robotics at the micro level, taking into account various factors, since this issue has not been sufficiently studied. The article proposes a methodology for a comprehensive assessment of the expediency of robotization of agricultural organizations, taking into account the technical, technological, organizational and social factors characterizing a certain production process. It is proposed, to determine the economic efficiency of the robotics implementation at the first stage of such an assessment. Then the expert group determines the average and relative evaluation of the significance of each factor from the proposed ones. The preliminary selection is completed by assigning the ranks of the preference for implementing robotics to workplaces. The methodology for determining the expedience of robotics has been tested in agricultural organizations at workplaces in animal husbandry. Using the methodology will increase the validity of decisions on the implementation of robotics in agricultural organizations.