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Robotic Scarecrow Prowls the Pond
There's a comical article over on the LA Times entitled Robotic Scarecrow Prowls the Pond. It discusses a robot that is meant to keep Pelicans and Cormorants off the fish. The beast is solar powered, and can navigate with paddle-wheels and pontoons. It uses distance sensors to avoid the edges of the pool, and a camera to detect the motion of the birds and move towards the black or white shapes. Apparently, this pattern recognition gets tricky when there's a lot of wind. The team is now looking into turning this bot into an artificial alligator, which seems to scare the birds off even more! |
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