Monday, September 7, 2015

Underwater robots seek and kill invasive starfish

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Some killer robots are a good thing. While our planet experiences what many scientists are referring to as the 6th Mass Extinction, certain species are actually doing too well. As climates change and ecosystems become unbalanced, species such as the crown-of-thorns starfish move into new habitats and threaten native organisms with overwhelming colonization by an invasive species. Fortunately, researchers at Queensland University of Technology have developed a high-tech solution to this biological problem: an autonomous submarine robot that scours coral reefs for starfish to kill.

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