Individual leadership in cattle persists when collective movement is induced by robotic herding
In social species, some individuals consistently lead collective movements while others follow, but whether these roles persist when movement is externally induced remains unknown. Robotic herding offers a way to address this: animals are displaced by an approaching device, yet retain the option to stay, to move or to follow a conspecific that has moved. We recorded spontaneous group departures…
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