Cleverly Disguised Baby Penguin Robot Interacts With Emperor Penguin Colony

A group of European scientists working together with a UK wildlife filmmaker have developed a remote-controlled robot rover disguised as a penguin in order to intimately study colonies of shy Emperor penguins in Adélie Land, Antarctica.

In a paper entitled "Rovers minimize human disturbance in research on wild animals", published in the journal Nature Methods, the researchers, led by Yvon Le Maho of the University of Strasbourg in France, describe how they were unable to study the colonies of penguins up close as the animals typically become very frightened.

Researchers are using the robot rovers disguised as baby penguins to scan microchipped Emperor penguins so that they can check the animals' heart rates. The robots are also being used to covertly study penguin social behaviours without scaring the animals.

[KloudStripe]

_0:17_
_One of those Emperor Penguin is like, "Whose fucked up child is that?"_

[sauce_ur_patty]

"Look, there's a weird guy over there."

Humans: "Go back inside! I'm calling the cops."
Penguins; "chirp chirp chirp" *group hug*

[MannyKunV]

they r oddly accepting of their rubber and oil smelling friend... that appeared out of no where with no parents lol

[planquoise]

Penguins are like, "seems legit"

[killertrip]

That title and thumbnail, lol.

How'd you fool such intelligent creatures!

[TechBuilder]

Is it me or does this sound like Darude - Sandstorm?

[jennaandkayson]

Penguins will always be my favorite animal

[gurenichinose]

alien1: so what have the humans bean up to?
alien2 : *shows video*
alien1 : Oh.

[stalemate]

'Cleverly Disguised'? That's a whole ass penguin look-a-like on wheels XD

[Slimeade]

Yeah because driving an RC robot into a creché of babies is really an interaction. They're probably investigating what the hell it is.

[ShadowsandCityLights]

Im jealous i wana huddle with all those fluffy buns!!! 😤

[cleodello]

"There's a mole, right at the top of the snow mount. He's been there for years."

How do you find an enemy... Who is hidden... Right before your eyes?

*Plumage, Nestling, Crèche, Spy.*

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[swagner]

I certainly hope it's Linux powered!

[cherryscarlett]

_commander 3 s-Hit Farce.. seen fleeing at the Southest Pole.. as Matt Damon theme song plays.._
*VEEDOO SOMAA ATTA PATALAA..*

[ABlueStitchInTime]

Its got wheels its not 'cleverly disguised' lol

[samuelhayden]

I’m not gonna say it. I’m not gonna say it. I’M NOT GONNA SAY IT.








Subnautica below zero.