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Robot Birds Deployed by Park to Attract Real Birds - Built By High School Students
TL;DRHigh schoolers built robot birds to help restore endangered sage grouse populations in Wyoming.
Why it matters: Demonstrates how robotics and conservation intersect; shows student innovation solving real environmental problems at scale.
"Robotic bird decoys are being deployed at Grand Teton National Park," reports Interesting Engineering, "to influence the behavior of real sage grouse and help restore a declining population.". Robotics mentor Gary Duquette describes the machines as "kind of a Frankenbird."…
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