Industrial automation is increasingly being implemented in novel applications which have traditionally been carried out by a human operator, but where greater efficiency can be achieved through the integration of automated equipment. One field taking advantage of this is the agricultural market, with the pressures on modern farms causing farmers to pursue efficiency that has not traditionally been required. This project focuses on the design, development and evaluation of an end effector that will be integrated with an industrial robot to sanitize cattle’s teats prior to milking in response to the commission of such a design by a customer in the dairy industry. Two distinct iterations were developed, optimizing for lightweight design and stiffness to create a novel product which satisfied the project brief.