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Scarecrow can run and swim

15.04.2002

Two Irish students have built a robot that runs on high-voltage wires and scares away birds sitting on the wires with a siren and a flash lamp.

The robot takes energy for its actions from the wires themselves through an induction coil. They say that bird droppings harm the wires and the birds must be chased away. And in the United States, a crocodile robot is being tested to scare away pelicans, which in the south of the country attack fish ponds and eat them clean.

The green floating scarecrow carries a solar panel on its back, providing energy for swimming. The artificial crocodile can even shoot water at birds.

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