Meet MAMA BEAR, an autonomous robot designed to conduct experiments and create the most efficient energy-absorbing shape. This cutting-edge system aims to revolutionize safety with life-saving ...

The small village has widely installed robot wolves. A small town in Japan has widely installed robot wolves to ward off bears and other wildlife. OLIVIER MORIN/AFP via Getty Images ...

But with bear attacks in parts of the country on the rise, the town, Takikawa, about 570 miles northeast of Tokyo, is now deploying the robot more widely, near places such as golf courses ...

Reddit user Spiritual_Aside_7859 has created a Raspberry Pi-powered and ChatGPT-enabled stuffed koala bear (via Tom's Hardware), complete with motorised animations and some cheerful LED lights.