Is that merely remote control or autonomous?<p>First of all, herding involves reading livestock's intention, predicting where they'll go next, and stepping towards them in a way that nudges them in the right direction. Watch a video on actual sheepdog work: search for "herding trials". The human instructs the dog at a high level: circle around, drive the herd, round up stragglers, or peel some individual off the herd. Pretty sure Boston isn't up to this level of image recognition and goal planning yet. It's like guarding a shooter in basketball.<p>Also, on a biology level, the dog mostly moves the animals with body language and gaze. Sheep infer a threat from how the dog is staring and react. Pretty sure Boston doesn't have the stare down either. The sheep might get accustomed to a bot that wasn't reacting with them.