Data from: Animal-robot interaction in the field: stronger responses and slower habituation of grazing cattle to a quadruped robot than to a drone
Oct 2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
Abstract
Individual-level data for 18 Japanese Black breeding cows observed at the Sumiyoshi Livestock Science Station, University of Miyazaki, Japan, in 2023. Variables describe each cow’s role during spontaneous collective movement (three observation days, May–July 2023) and during herding by a quadruped robot (eight trial days, September–October 2023). See README_miyagi.txt for definitions of all variables. Behavioural response data from the same experimental series are available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20825305. All procedures were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of the University of Miyazaki (approval number 2020-006-5). This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI (grant number 23K14047).
