It has been announced today (Tuesday, April 1) that a robotic cattle dealer prototype has been approved and is set to be rolled out later this month.

As the farming world embraces new technology from robotic scrapers, to robotic calf feeders and milking parlours as well as heat-detection technology, the new robotic cattle dealer is set to be added to the list later this month.

Jobber Technologies has unveiled the 'Ringside Bidder 3,000' - a state-of-the-art automated robotic cattle dealer that comes with the optional extra of a self-driving cattle lorry to get purchases from mart to mart and mart to farm.

Using the latest technology, the pre-programmed robot selects its preferred cattle in advance of the sale and ahead of their preferred lot entering the mart ring, places its arm in the ring.

With a range of different accents available from Northern to midlands and southern, the robot has an optional add-on voice command pre-programmed with terms like:

'This next one coming into the ring is mine lads';
'I'll chat to you outside';
'I'll take profit on them cattle';
'Shur I buy their cattle every year';
'Look at them cattle for value.'

Using the latest Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, the Ringside Bidder 3,000 is capable of haggling on prices when selling and buying and comes with a rubber cheque dispenser and card machine as standard.

CEO of Jobber Technologies 'Val U. Chancer' said that the technology comes at a pivotal time in cattle farming in light of the recent upsurge in prices.

The company statement said: The 'Ringside Bidder 3,000' will deliver good-value cattle on-time every time, 60% of the time'.

The system has a 'polling alert sensor' as standard and a detector to identify where and who ringside bids are coming from.

Mart managers and auctioneers have remained surprisingly aloof and expressed concerns about the new technology and also noted that charging stations will have to be installed in mart canteens for the new cattle customers.