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• Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 10:43 UTC

  US Homeland Department to deploy robot dogs along the border with Mexico

  

  A robot dog designed and manufactured in the United States by Ghost Robotics and which had been in the earlier stages of development last year has been given its marching orders for a major assignment.

• Monday, April 8th 2019 - 10:18 UTC

  Barking drones in New Zealand to help herd sheep: much cheaper than Border Collies

  

  Farmers in New Zealand have found a new way to herd their sheep. They are now herding sheep with a drone, the DJ1 Mavic 2 Enterprise, outfitted with a speaker that barks like a dog. The farmers say that a single drone can do the work of multiple dogs. Check out the video below for the drone in action and some of the other sounds effects the farmers use.