He has mastered it. He clearly understands the concept of roads vs sidewalks. He can drive using one hand. And most importantly, he obviously has a great time doing that.
Someone, at some point, said lets see if the Orangutan can drive the golf cart, and presumably no one said "NO! That's an awful idea"...
Then not only did it learn, it got good at it and seems to enjoy it...
I just really don't understand how this came about. How did it learn to do this. The initial phases must have been just constant crashing into stuff. How on earth did it ever get past this without a teacher being able to communicate with it.
Probably same way I learned as a kid on my grandparents ranch. Start by letting them steer but correct as needed. Eventually they steer by themselves. Then introduce gas pedal.
Not sure but there is video of some guys driving with it. It's on at the zoo of Dubai Royal Palace. Orangutan's are supposed to be pretty smart - it could probably watch humans press the accelerator and turn the wheel and figure it. https://youtu.be/WSR_4qyz7CY?t=285
bees will push balls around just for the hell of it - they trained the bees to push the balls and then took the rewards away and gave them unlimited pollen and sucrose and the bees kept going back to the balls. they just wanted to mess around
Haha, I basically barged into here ready to post a video of Greyson. Amazing stuff, I'm surprised more people haven't been successful (or interested in) teaching their dogs ride stuff.
Are you sure the steering wheel is actually hooked up? There are times especially toward the end of the video where he turns it and I don't see the expected swerve (even a small one) from the cart.
He has mastered it. He clearly understands the concept of roads vs sidewalks. He can drive using one hand. And most importantly, he obviously has a great time doing that.