The BBC filmed a Boston Dynamics robot dog attemping to herd sheep in New Zealand.
A robot dog designed for search and rescue missions has had a go at herding sheep in New Zealand.
Technology company Rocos is exploring how the Spot robot – made by US-based Boston Dynamics – might be put to work in the agricultural industry.
The BBC’s choice of music is uplifting and jolly in an unusually effortful way. I can’t help but wonder if this is because footage of a robot dog stalking prey animals is fundamentally alarming.
By way of illustration (below), I swapped the music for the sinister Danny Elfman track used in the Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy trailer and replaced the BBC’s “isn’t this wonderful?” text with some indistinct robot chatter.
