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Alaska will try to use a robot to scare wildlife from around an airport
Alternative deterrents were flying drones armed with grape juice.
While addressing the Alaska House and Senate transportation committees on March 19th, robot handler Ryan Marlow said the agency opted to trial Aurora after plans to spray repellents like grape juice from flying drones were judged too risky. The agency will also test how large animals like bears and moose respond to Aurora, with Marlow noting that the robot’s panels could be replaced to make it resemble a fox or coyote. Aurora’s trial seems less outlandish than other wildlife deterrents — like the pig droves introduced in Anchorage during the 1990s or in 2021 at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport — but some people on Instagram have concerns regarding surveillance.
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