Robot cattle herder

I am usually in favor of low tech solutions (ie dogs), but I am interested to see where tech can go…

https://www.reuters.com/technology/meet-swagbot-ai-powered-robot-cattle-herder-preventing-soil-degradation-2024-12-12/

It is an interesting idea. It uses sensors to determine if an area is degraded and move the cattle to a new area with good growth. In theory without needing to use smaller paddocks to accomplish this.

Me personally though... I like technology to help people, not do it for them. If I could have an automated machine tell me when the grass is getting low, and point to a more lush area... sure. But I don't want the robot to do the move for me, because it means less time with the animals. I am old school and think its good to check on your animals at least daily for issues as well as to maintain a relationship with them.

I don't usually watch videos though this sounded interesting.

I like the orange and blue cat.

I do see value in the swagbot for the permaculture principle of observation.

I don't feel there is value at roundup.