BBC Deploys Robot Camouflaged as Elephant Dung for Close-Up Wildlife Filming
lukas_m_ziegler · x · 2026-08-03
The BBC designed a wheeled robot disguised as elephant dung to film wildlife up close. The robot can roll quietly alongside groups of elephants without spooking them. The author joked that in 2026, we now have bots pretending to be elephant poop just to shoot content.
More from Fun
- Grok's Hilarious Roast: Analyzes User Profile, Mental Age 14 — justalexoki · 2026-08-03
- Industry Voice: Open Source Hype Overblown, Small Models Lag Behind Frontier — bindureddy · 2026-08-03
- Bayreuth Festival's AI-Staged Wagner Opera Panned as 'Banal Bric-a-Brac' — nordicinst · 2026-08-03
- Debunking AI Bitcoin Hack: Developer Cryptography Misuse, Not LLM Magic — basedjensen · 2026-08-03
- Missing 2023: The Hilarious and Absurd Logic of Early LLMs — EvrienceRick · 2026-08-03
- Dev One-Shots Full 3D Game with Opus 5: Complete with Models and Music — draginol · 2026-08-03