Robot Deer Stalks Poachers

The Chicago Sun Times reports on an innovative use of robotics: the Indiana Department of Natural Resources in Michigan City are using a robotic deer to catch poachers.

The deer, called "Bucky" is in fact a real deer that has been stuffed and fitted with robotic control circuitry. The decoy is set up along the side of the road and the Conservation Officer lurks in the thickets.

Bucky is apparently so convincing that one driver stopped and tried to feed it!

Things have moved on a long way since the infamous Milton Keynes concrete cows.