Japan orders army of robot wolves to tackle bear crisis
Japan has deployed a pack of robot wolves to battle the country’s record surge in bear attacks on humans.
The devices, known as “Monster Wolves”, are designed to scare away bears and other wild animals using flashing red eyes, loud growls and howling sounds.
Ohta Seiki, the Hokkaido-based company that makes the devices, said demand for the machines has surged. It has already received around 50 orders in 2026, more than the usual volume for an entire year.
Yuji Ohta, the firm’s president, said orders had exceeded normal annual demand within a few months.
“We make them by hand. We cannot make them fast enough now,” Mr Ohta told AFP, adding that customers are facing waits of up to three months.
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So like deer decoys not "wolf robots"?
Decoy robots
Sounds more like animatronics, akin to Chucky E Cheese.
Those would count as robots if they could react to your presence and chase you
Yeah but these things won't chase the bears.
For those wondering, this is the photo from the article.
OHMYGODYEEEEESSSSS!!!
What I pictured when I heard "Japanese Wolf Robots":
My disappointment is immeasurable 😩
I was reading with increasing trepidation, and was relieved when I got to the bit about them being harmless, for largely similar reasons.
But how will we tackle the robot wolf crisis??
By releasing the Metal Gear.
robot bears
Danger 5?
How do you say Hound of the Baskervilles in Japanese?
バスカヴィル家の犬
バスガスバクハツ？
So much to hate about this world we live in. So much to despise. Every now and then though, you see a headline that makes you happy.
yawns Call me when the bears are 100m tall and radioactive and the only way to stop them is to merge six robo wolves into a mega wolf.
Not as bad as expected
Why don't they just build a voltron???
cause the pilots will just fuck around for 15 minutes as 5 lions until they finally form Voltron. 10 seconds and 1 sword slash later, the bear will be slashed in half. pisses people off
Or 20 minutes as 37 cars or whatever.
I actually had the car voltron when I was a kid. I can't remember if I ever saw the cartoon for it though
yeah, i wasn't even sure there was a cartoon vehicle voltron, thanks for the validation. not going to try to find it and watch since it definitely won't hold up.
never knew there was a 3rd one. probably look it up for shits and giggles
... and I'll form the head!
Pretty sure what they actually need here is a strapping young Akita who goes on a quest across Japan to gather the strongest fighting dogs to form an army and push back the bear menace once and for all.
None in my village. I'm not sure if that's fortunate or unfortunate. We definitely have bears that come within a couple KM of my house.
Finally some uplifting news
In a weird coincidence, the Bizarre Beasts YouTube channel just came out with a video about what happened to Japan's real wolves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUKGQKkUKeE
Foiled by YouTube thumbnails.
hehehehe
The link text goes to the legitimate video, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41v3L0zCkNY&t=397