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Looks a Little Different Than My Parallax Penguin

JLockeJLocke Posts: 354
edited 2013-02-14 11:03 in General Discussion
Anyone see this article on using robotic penguins to film a documentary? I would like to take a look 'under the feathers' and see the mechanical structure. Says some of the penguins accepted one of the 'bots as a member of the colony.

Spy-camera robot penguins infiltrate bird colonies


Oops, missed Amanda's post about this same thing. Can't figure out how to delete this post, though.

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  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2013-02-13 07:03
    Accepted robotic penguins into their colony? That's simple... bird brains. If you have ever hatched a duckling and found that it thinks you are its mother and it follows you everywhere you will understand. Especially when you have to man up and teach the duck to swim. (They actually sink at first, until they are old enough to produce enough body oil for their feathers... so don't start too soon.)
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-02-13 11:56
    Discovery channel (I think) had a small roamong bot that followed Polar Bears around in the wild. It was quite a cool program. The bears would on occasion play with the bot but for the most part were not concerned about it following them around.
  • Mark_TMark_T Posts: 1,981
    edited 2013-02-13 17:24
    NWCCTV wrote: »
    Discovery channel (I think) had a small roamong bot that followed Polar Bears around in the wild. It was quite a cool program. The bears would on occasion play with the bot but for the most part were not concerned about it following them around.

    I believe its the same team - they claim they reused some of the artic bots for the antartic (snowball cam)... Some very nicely
    engineered robot penguins IMO - a harsh environment for any tech. Would love to see more about the design of them.

    [Pingu meets The Terminator!]
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,451
    edited 2013-02-13 19:40
    Loopy Byteloose wrote: »
    Accepted robotic penguins into their colony? That's simple... bird brains.

    If you tried that with parrots the parrots would disassemble the robot.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2013-02-13 21:43
    localroger wrote: »
    If you tried that with parrots the parrots would disassemble the robot.

    Cool.....................!
  • HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
    edited 2013-02-14 11:03
    It's no surprise, as roosters respond to a wooden hen head. No mechanics needed.
    Maybe there's a new use for Parallax Penguin Robots as clan leaders in the rise of Penguins.
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