  We present the design and operation of tadpole-mimetic robots prepared for a
study of the parenting behaviors of poison frogs, which pair bond and raise
their offspring. The mission of these robots is to convince poison frog parents
that they are tadpoles, which need to be fed. Tadpoles indicate this need, at
least in part, by wriggling with a characteristic frequency and amplitude.
While the study is in progress, preliminary indications are that the TadBots
have passed their test, at least for father frogs. We discuss the design and
operational requirements for producing convincing TadBots and provide some
details of the study design and plans for future work.
