Robop

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File:Robop R-Falcon Bird Deterrent.jpg

"Robop" is short for robotic bird of prey. The business, [https://www.robop.com/ Robop Ltd.] is the creator of the innovative R:Falcon mechanical bird control deterrent - based on the peregrine falcon. The falcon is the [https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/peregrine/ natural predator] of most species of pest birds that predominantly cause bird problems. The R:Falcon could be considered both a sound and visual deterrent, the device flaps its wings, moves its head, and makes the call of a real live peregrine falcon.

References

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  • [http://www.robop.co.uk UK Home page]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070505022828/http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070420/D8OKG3DG1.html AP News]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20050216005227/http://www.swan.ac.uk/estates/news.htm Swansea Estate News]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070513201833/http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews Reuters News]

Further reading

  • {{Citation

| last1 = De Lara

| first1 =Eyal

| last2 = Ebling

| first2 = Maria

| title = New Products / A scarecrow for the 21st century

| journal = IEEE Pervasive Computing

| volume = 6

| issue = 3

| pages = 15–17

| year = 2007

| doi = 10.1109/MPRV.2007.62 | s2cid =31331282

}}

Category:2001 in robotics

Category:Robots of the United Kingdom

Category:Scarecrows