Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Powered by solar energy, the admittedly frightful Monster Wolf was designed to minimize "friction between residents and bears." It ...

At the end of last month the U.S. Army announced the names of the companies that will try to make its future robotic combat vehicle (RCV). I'm talking about an uncrewed platform capable of carrying a ...

To address the growing issue of wild bears encroaching into their territory, the town of Takikawa in Japan has adopted an unconventional approach. The small village has widely installed robot wolves.

A Japanese company has created an animatronic scarecrow that’s shaped like a wolf. The “Monster Wolf” is a new, intimidatingly ferocious attempt at scaring away wild animals, specifically bears.

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Japan is deploying robot wolves in bear-prone areas to help keep the animals away after a spate of deadly attacks. The so-called Monster Wolf, developed by Hokkaido-based precision machining company ...

Japan’s record bear crisis has turned a once-mocked animatronic wolf into essential rural tech, with demand outpacing supply. Somewhere on a golf course in rural Hokkaido, a mechanical wolf with ...

Amid record numbers of bear attacks on humans, a Japanese firm that produces "robot wolf" wildlife repellers is facing unprecedented demand. In the first few months of the year, it received orders for ...

In late May 2026, soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division walked out to a motor pool at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and signed for a piece of equipment that no frontline infantry unit had ever ...

A Japanese manufacturer of animatronic wolves designed to scare off wild animals is being swamped with orders as the East Asian country grapples with rising bear attacks. Ohta Seiki, a company based ...