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Biologically inspired herding of animal groups by robots

Andrew King Orcid Logo, Steven J. Portugal Orcid Logo, Daniel Strömbom, Richard P. Mann, José A. Carrillo, Dante Kalise, Guido de Croon, Heather Barnett, Paul Scerri, Roderich Groß, David R. Chadwick, Marina Papadopoulou Orcid Logo

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume: 14, Issue: 2

Swansea University Authors: Andrew King Orcid Logo, Marina Papadopoulou Orcid Logo

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A single sheepdog can bring together and manoeuvre hundreds of sheep from one location to another. Engineers and ecologists are fascinated by this sheepdog herding because of the potential it provides for ‘bio-herding’: a biologically inspired herding of animal groups by robots. Although many herdin...

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