<\/a><\/p>\nThe idea of using a robot came after officials rejected a plan to use flying drones spraying a repellent including grape juice.<\/p>\n
Previous other deterrent efforts have included officials releasing pigs at a lake near the Anchorage airport in the 1990s, with the hope they would eat waterfowl eggs near plane landing areas.<\/p>\n
The test period in Fairbanks will also see how effective of a deterrent Aurora would be with larger animals and to see how moose and bears would respond to the robot, Marlow told the Anchorage newspaper.<\/p>\n
Fairbanks \u201cis leading the country with wildlife mitigation through the use of Aurora. Several airports across the country have implemented robots for various tasks such as cleaning, security patrols, and customer service,\u201d agency spokesperson Danielle Tessen said in an email to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n
In Alaska, wildlife service teams currently are used to scare birds and other wildlife away from runways with loud sounds, sometimes made with paintball guns.<\/p>\n
Last year, there were 92 animal strikes near airports across Alaska, including 10 in Fairbanks, according to an Federal Aviation Administration database.<\/p>\n
Most strikes resulted in no damage to the aircraft, but Marlow said the encounters can be expensive and dangerous in the rare instance when a bird is sucked into an engine, potentially causing a crash.<\/p>\n
An AWACS jet crashed in 1995 when it hit a flock of geese, killing 24 people at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage.<\/p>\n
If the test proves successful, Marlow said the agency could send similar robots to smaller airports in Alaska, which could be more cost effective than hiring human deterrent teams.<\/p>\n
Aurora, which can be controlled from a table, computer or on an automated schedule, will always have a human handler with it, he said. It can navigate through rain or snow.<\/p>\n
The robot from Boston Dynamics cost about $70,000 and was paid for with a federal grant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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