They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat.

How a 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics The tasks taken on by the Armatron aren’t so different from the ones AI is tackling today.

Version 2.0 of the study will add bunny scent to the stuffed rabbits if motion and heat aren’t enough to fool the pythons in Florida.