When we think of herding sheep, we often picture endless prairies, experienced shepherds, and loyal sheepdogs. But do you think that one day shepherds and sheepdogs will be replaced by mechanical dogs? And mechanical dogs can do their jobs even better. How does it do that? How many sheep can he watch at a time? Don't worry, today we are going to walk into America's new sheepdog, the Boston Mechanical dog.
Herding sheep is no easy task. Sheep seem to have an inexhaustible supply of energy, and it can be difficult to keep the flock in order when there are large numbers. People often do not know whether they are herding sheep or walking people. And we all know that the United States is not only a large country of agriculture and animal husbandry, or a highly mechanized country, planting, picking, weeding are responsible for professional robots. In the face of this situation, they naturally not to be outdone, in order to better emancipate their hands, they also designed a can replace artificial "shepherd sheep artifact". The sheep-herding machine, called the Boston Robot Dog, is similar in shape to a dog, with long, powerful limbs and a lanky body. The overall weight is about 49 to 59 kilograms. The load is about 14 kilograms.
Not only does it look like a dog, but it also acts like one, knowing where to go and turning over. The solid shell also makes the robot durable. It belongs to the pure electric robot, the endurance of about 90 minutes.
With this sheep herding device, the whole sheep herding process does not need manual intervention, can be fully automated operation. Let's see how it works. First, they carefully bypass obstacles, flexible up and down the hill, adjust their route at any time, in the shortest time to reach the destination. They do this with infrared cameras and lidar mounted on their heads. As they move forward, lidar can be used for modeling and mapping. In this way, they can plan a proper route even in rough and complicated terrain. An infrared camera can scan the surroundings, generate a real-time map and feed it back to the controller. This allows the farm owner to know where the dog is and give it various tasks. The dogs are also equipped with sensors that accurately detect changes in the environment and help them make the most of the sheep in different situations.
Surprisingly, the sheep were also well managed by mechanical dogs. Mechanical dogs can even work with sheepdogs to drive sheep from one side of the field to the other. There's no pressure for a mechanical dog to manage more than 100 sheep. Unlike sheepdogs, mechanical dogs need neither food nor special training. As long as there's plenty of electricity.
Some people say that such a professional mechanical dog can herd sheep at the flick of a switch, which is a good helper for human beings. But others say there are a number of issues with the device, notably its weak battery life. Others argue that the cost of a mechanical dog is out of proportion to its return. What do you think about that? If one day our country also introduces a large number of such mechanical dogs, will it make herding sheep more time and energy saving?
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