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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Japanese company manufacturing “monster wolves” has gained attention amid a surge in fatal bear attacks in the country in the ...

A Japanese company making ferocious-looking robot wolves is being swamped by orders after record numbers of fatal bear attacks on humans last year. "Monster Wolf" is an animatronic scarecrow with ...

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 ...

TOKYO - A Japanese town has deployed robot wolves in an effort to scare away bears that have become an increasingly dangerous nuisance in the countryside. The town of Takikawa on the northern island ...

Japanese officials contending with an increasingly aggressive bear population are leaning heavily on a creative solution to stop attacks before they begin. No, it's not a seasonal Spirit Halloween ...

In late May 2026, soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division walked out to a motor pool at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and signed for a piece of equipment that no frontline infantry unit had ever ...