Robotic dog spots invasive fire ant nests better than humans

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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.

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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