A wolflike robot, Super Monster Wolf, stands beside a rice field to drive away wild animals that can cause damage to crops in Kisarazu, Chiba prefecture, Japan. A wolflike robot, Super Monster Wolf, ...

A town in northern Japan has recently been plagued by a plethora of wild bears, roaming around neighborhoods and petrifying residents. In an attempt to prevent attacks, the town of Takikawa has now ...

Bears beware. Residents of Takikawa in Japan have turned to a robot wolf to scare off bears who get the urge to roam through their town, located in the central area of Hokkaido. Apparently, bears ...

After bears kept venturing into the city in search of food, officials installed mechanical wolves with bared teeth, glowing red eyes and a fearsome screech to keep the animals away. By Elaine Yu and ...

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 ...

The Japanese town of Takikawa has a unique problem. The town, which is situated on the northern island of Hokkaido, has recently witnessed a spike in bear appearances. Some of these unexpected visits ...

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 ...

The scarecrow is an ancient device; they’ve been found all over the world and its use predates written language. With that such a long history, it’s hard to get a sense for superlatives. That said, we ...

A town in northern Japan has recently been plagued by a plethora of wild bears, roaming around neighborhoods and petrifying residents. In an attempt to prevent attacks, the town of Takikawa has now ...

The wild bears were becoming more than a nuisance, lumbering into a small Japanese city on the northern island of Hokkaido in search of food and increasing the risk of deadly encounters with humans.