Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, the researchers concluded: “Our approach should support efficient designs for herding autonomous, interacting agents in a variety of contexts.
“Obvious cases are robot-assisted herding of livestock, and keeping animals away from sensitive areas, but applications range from control of flocking robots, cleaning up of environments and human crowd control.”
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* and perfect for letting the wild mingle back into civilization. Robots herding resurrected ancient bison through the city streets. Big Dogs shepherding Mammoth through the tundra. Please don’t kettle us!
Sheepdogs could be replaced by robots after scientists crack simple process
The Committee to Nuke Elysium 