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Robotic dogs bash amended than humans astatine identifying nests of invasive occurrence ants. The robots could beryllium utile successful helping eradicate an invasive taxon that packs a venomous sting
By Jeremy Hsu
Robotic dogs tin find occurrence ant nests
Xin Su | Lanzhou University
Robotic dogs tin spot invasive occurrence ant nests much efficiently than quality searchers – and they tin safely disturbance up a swarm of assertive ants by poking their nests, which tin assistance researchers place the notorious pests.
The reddish imported occurrence ant (Solenopsis invicta) packs a venomous sting, and causes billions of dollars successful ecological and cultivation harm crossed the satellite each year. To combat the threat, researchers person been investigating however a robotic canine combined with artificial intelligence tin assistance observe the ants’ …
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