Robot ranchers for future musters: CSIRO
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The science leader for robotics at the CSIRO says unmanned flying robots could soon be used to muster cattle on outback stations.
Jonathan Roberts says scientists are working on technology so robots can see what is around them and make appropriate adjustments.
Dr Roberts says if that happens, robots will have a number of new uses in the outback.
"There is a lot of applications you could think about - you could survey animals and agriculture, maybe count kangaroos, count cattle," he said.
"Figure out where they are, you could use vision systems for that.
"You can potentially search for lost bushwalkers out bush."
