Japan is facing a surge in human-bear encounters, leading to a shortage of its ‘Monster Wolf’ — a solar-powered robot built to look like a wild predator and scare away pests. It uses motion sensors, ...

HDT Robotics, also called BLADE, is one of five companies chosen to work with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese officials contending with an increasingly aggressive bear population are leaning heavily on a creative solution to stop ...

MINAKAMI — The hunter feels forced to lie to the 12 deities of the mountain. At the foot of the forests of Minakami, in Japan’s central Gunma Prefecture, all the elders know that the Yama-no-Kami, who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan takes unusual steps to deal with its deadly bear problem 01:27 A Japanese company making ferocious-looking robot wolves is ...

As Japan experiences a rise in bear encounters, including a record number of fatal attacks in 2025, a company's robot wolf has become one of the country's most in-demand safety tools. According to CBS ...

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 ...

Japan is using “Monster Wolf” robots with lights, sounds, and motion sensors to deter bears as attacks and sightings reach record levels.

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.