Demand for Japan's robotic Monster Wolves explodes amid record bear attacks

Electronics Tech Culture japan animatronic Japan is using $4,000 animatronic wolves to scare off bears, and can't make them fast enough Japan's answer to record bear attacks is a nightmare-inducing robotic Monster Wolves By Rob Thubron May 18, 2026, 7:57 8 comments Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. WTF?! What do you do when pepper spray-equipped drones aren't enough to deal with bear attacks? Use robotic Monster Wolves, of course. That unlikely-sounding scenario really is happening in Japan, which can't make enough of the animatronic beasts to keep up with demand. Bear attacks are a serious problem in Japan.

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