While mustering livestock with drones isn’t new in Australia, autonomous drones could soon have lift-off if an Australian company has its way. 
For the past six months at a Wagga Wagga property in the NSW Riverina region, Sphere Drones has been trialling autonomous drones with a spotter in place, mustering 500 head of beef cattle at a time. 
Sphere Drones founder and head Paris Cockinos says the company will be ready by May to launch its “drone in a box” system to fly on its own. 
The system is transported on a trailer, which the farmer can then set up and leave in a paddock, and is programmed with a timer and calendar ready for take-off, to check fences, water and even muster….