This is a complicated picture. You are looking at a screen shot of a phone taken during our recent tests of the Guardian Angel Rover™. The phone, mounted on the rover, is aimed at the tortoise you see in the foreground. Inset in the lower right corner is the visage of Roy Haggard, our chief engineer and resident… Continue reading »
Ravens don’t like drones. This could be a very good thing for the cause of conservation. With the blessing of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Hardshell Labs is testing a wide variety of tools for bird repulsion and this highly maneuverable drone, a Hiro model from the folks at Game of Drones, is one of them. The… Continue reading »
A natural concern for people new to the idea of tortoises sharing the desert with Hardshell’s rovers is for the reaction of the tortoises to these foreign entities. Many people have asked, “Won’t the tortoises be afraid?” I have spent hundreds of days following tortoises around, recording their behavior at close quarters. It is pretty… Continue reading »