2024 RooBadge: VWs Schutzschild gegen Kängurus speziell für Australien!

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00:00.

00:03Kangaroo collisions are going up over time.

00:07People underestimate the risk caused by kangaroos

00:10and their chances of hitting one.

00:14I was going to work, all of a sudden one just popped out.

00:17I think I was pretty lucky.

00:18If I had gone through the windscreen I may not have walked away.

00:21Others sadly aren't so lucky.

00:23Across Australia, particularly in winter,

00:26you'll see dead kangaroos along the road

00:28marked with paint like this.

00:30It signals that they've been checked for joeys

00:32by a licensed rescuer.

00:34Tens of thousands of drivers hit kangaroos on our roads.

00:37The collisions we've seen are devastating.

00:40As the maker of the Amarok,

00:42one of Australia's most popular utes,

00:44Volkswagen has always innovated

00:46to make driving on our regional roads safer.

00:49Three years ago, we set out to develop

00:51the world's first scientifically proven kangaroo deterrent.

00:55Introducing Roo Badge.

00:58A revolutionary accessory that can transform

01:03the iconic Volkswagen Badge into a protective audio shield.

01:09Being developed with the University of Melbourne,

01:12Roo Badge connects to an in-car app

01:14that uses machine learning to compare

01:16the vehicle's GPS coordinates against kangaroo distribution data

01:20to create a unique audio deterrent

01:22for the particular species inhabiting that location.

01:25By mixing natural and artificial sounds in real time

01:29that Roo Badge projects as a focused beam of high frequency sound.

01:34When the signal hits a kangaroo,

01:36it alerts them of approaching danger,

01:38deterring them from the road.

01:40We're working on sounds that will be meaningful to eastern grey kangaroos.

01:45Things like dingo calls,

01:47alarm calls made by birds,

01:49and the alarm thumps that kangaroos make to warn each other.

01:53Later on, we'll be able to tweak it to the other species.

01:55After a series of trials, we're entering the next phase.

01:59Control testing on moving vehicles.

02:01We need sufficient data to show that we've got an effect.

02:05We want a stimulus that is meaningful to the kangaroos.

02:08We'll stay with them,

02:09that they'll respond time and time again in a predictable way.

02:13We're also in talks with our partners in Europe and North America

02:16to enable Roo Badge to deter their biggest problem.

02:20What's interesting about deer relative to kangaroos

02:24is they're very similar in body size, head size and ear size.

02:28What we find with kangaroos has application for deer as well.

02:32To think the Volkswagen Roo Badge

02:34could not only reduce kangaroo collisions across Australia,

02:37but potentially animal collisions across the globe,

02:40is pretty amazing.

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