Apex predators versus scary robots: soon in a Japanese town.
We have been reporting here on TGP about the surge in ursine populations in Japan, and how the attacks on livestock, pets, and humans have skyrocketed to a record of fatalities in 2025.
In some regions, bears are showing up near homes, schools, and construction sites so often that it’s now become a national issue.
We have also been reporting on how robots have left the pages of science fiction and have been catapulted into our lives.
Now, it seems that these two stories have collided, as it arises that Japan is responding to the threat by building giant robotic wolves with glowing red eyes and terrifying sounds to scare the bears away.
🇯🇵 A Japanese company making ferocious-looking robot wolves is being swamped by orders after record numbers of fatal bear attacks on humans last year.➡️https://t.co/za0BDVrwrNpic.twitter.com/IgRU4GAykU
— AFP News Agency (@AFP)May 13, 2026
“Japan has deployed a pack of robot wolves to battle the country’s record surge in bear attacks on humans. The devices, known as ‘Monster Wolves’, are designed to scare away bears and other wild animals using flashing red eyes, loud growls and howling sounds.
Ohta Seiki, the Hokkaido-based company that makes the devices, said demand for the machines has surged. It has already received around 50 orders in 2026, more than the usual volume for an entire year. Yuji Ohta, the firm’s president, said orders had exceeded normal annual demand within a few months.
‘We make them by hand. We cannot make them fast enough now’, Mr. Ohta told AFP, adding that customers are facing waits of up to three months.”
Source: The Gateway Pundit
