What has thick fur, runs on solar power, and screeches at wild boars in 48 different tones? Give up? It’s ‘Super Monster Wolf’, Japan’s latest mechanical answer to keeping unwanted visitors from ruining crops.
Chikao Umezawa, head of agricultural cooperative association JA Kisarazu-shi (Japanese): “We made the robot for the purpose of preventing the damage to field crops from wild boars, and also to prevent them from harming the residents in the town.”
Chikao Umezawa, head of agricultural cooperative association JA Kisarazu-shi (Japanese): “It makes 48 different sounds, and they can reach up to 1 square kilometers. By using the solar panel, its power can be supplied automatically.”
Chikao Umezawa, head of agricultural cooperative association JA Kisarazu-shi (Japanese): “It has been almost one month – we put it on on July 11th – and no wild boars have shown up so far.”
Chikao Umezawa, head of agricultural cooperative association JA Kisarazu-shi (Japanese): “The robot has the highest artificial intelligence function – which is made with Japanese precision instruments – so we utilise it very much, and we also want to minimise damage everywhere in the world.” (From You Tube description