Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The Star ...

TOYKO (KGO) -- No, it's is not a leftover Halloween decoration - it's a guardian wolf robot! Some Japanese towns have now resorted to using a "robot wolf" to scare away bears that have become a ...

Residents of Takikawa, Japan have come up with a novel way to scare off wild bears: “Monster Wolf” robots! Okay, they’re really more like animatronic scarecrows, but they’re a genuine creepy ...

For the last eight months, farms near Kisarazu City in Japan have been home to a horrifying robot wolf. But don’t worry, it wasn’t created to terrorize local residents (although, from the looks of the ...

This will make you howl. New video shows a Japanese “Monster Wolf” robot scarecrow in action. The red-eyed canine contraption can be seen growling, shaking its head and emitting a flashing light while ...

Japanese farmers have taken the next step in protecting their crops from wild animals by building a robotic wolf that barks, growls and howls. The Super Monster Wolf—which is its real name—only stands ...

Their bark is worse than their byte. Dozens of red-eyed “Monster Wolf” robots were set up in Japanese towns to scare off bears and deer that were overrunning local homes or destroying crops. One of ...

TOKYO, Nov 11 (Reuters) – A Japanese town has deployed robot wolves in an effort to scare away bears that have become a nuisance. The town of Takikawa on the northern island of Hokkaido purchased and ...