Programmed draining is the draining of dairy creatures, particularly of dairy steers, without human work. Programmed draining frameworks (AMS), likewise called willful draining frameworks (VMS), were produced in the late twentieth century. They have been economically accessible since the mid 1990s. The center of such frameworks that permits complete robotization of the draining procedure is a sort of rural robot. Computerized draining is along these lines likewise called mechanical milking.Common frameworks depend on the utilization of PCs and uncommon crowd administration programming.

The draining procedure is the accumulation of assignments particularly committed to removing milk from a creature (instead of the more extensive field of dairy creature farming). This procedure might be separated into a few sub-assignments: gathering creatures before draining, directing creatures into the parlor, examination and cleaning of teats, connection of draining hardware to teats, and regularly rubbing the back of the udder to soothe any kept down milk, extraction of milk, expulsion of draining gear, steering of creatures out of the parlor.