A system for monitoring the welfare of livestock in a shed, the system including a plurality of sensors for measuring ambient conditions in the shed； a robot, adapted to move through the shed； a processing engine and a memory operatively associated with the processing engine. The robot includes at least two cameras, one of which is a thermal camera. The processing engine is operatively associated with the robot and the plurality of sensors for receiving data recorded by the robot and the plurality of sensors, the recorded data including measurements of ambient conditions in the shed； and images from the at two cameras.
