Robot hawk scares birds from Dutch airport
April 13, 2008
Photograph of a real hawk.
Birds loitering on the runways at the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam can present a pest to pilots ready for take-off.
Officials have tried to scare the birds away with everything from laser beams, loudspeakers mimicking bird warning calls, and even specially-trained bird-chasing dogs.
But the latest method - and the one that seems to work the best - is a robotic hawk that flies around mimicking a real hawk to make the loitering birds believe that they are under attack. The robot hawk, called the ornithopter, flaps its wings and emulates hawk movement to scare the birds away and keep the runways safe and clear.
via: UPI
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