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Robots were never going to settle for stealing our jobs. Now they're trying to make our dogs obsolete: There's a drone called Shep that can herd sheep.

Paul Brennan is the Irish shepherd who's adopted Shep into his operation. The drone can zip between pastures to keep sheep where they're supposed to be. Look, border collies are great, but despite thousands of years of breeding for this task, they still cannot fly.

You can check out Shep in action below, though we're faily certain he doesn't play the Benny Hill music as he works out in the fields.

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Source: io9

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John Wenz is a Popular Mechanics writer and space obsessive based in Philadelphia. He tweets @johnwenz.