Killer robots for lion fish...

[Jayfarmlaw]

just saw this on CNN's website.I see lots of issues before it will become a game changer, still requires someone to operate, still one fish at a time, but it is interesting nevertheless. Now...swimming with a group of sharks trained to eat lion fish....that would be fun!

Now all you slackers get back to work!!!

Jay

Are killer robots the only solution to lionfish plague? - CNN.com

 

[cvchief]

Well do they have freakin' laser beams?

 

[Akimbo]

Sounds like an engineer's solution to a biology problem.

 

[gopbroek]

Just use a US ASROC depth charge, that will get them

 

[northernone]

....electrocution device...
"Think of it as a video game"

Where can I buy one, and can I train it to recognize other targets?

 

[diversteve]

I haven't seen a lot of lionfish willing to hold still while the robot positions the two electro-paddles around them.

Most I see are in holes where it won't work at all.

What they need is a jacked-up cattle prod on a robot controllable arm. Zap them and leave the carcass for something to eat.

 

[drrich2]

What will keep the device from crashing into the reef, since it's remote control driven by a human operator? That's going to have a range; can you imagine paying a boat to take you out to sit onboard operating one of these?

I'm glad to see the effort and ingenuity applied, and I hope it works out great, but I'm skeptical.

While I realize it would miss out on the 'lion fish as human food' angle, I'd rather see one that just kills & leaves them, rather than tries to retrieve the body. Seems that would add considerable complexity to the device, plus the need to head up top after killing one or maybe two? How about just cruising the reef killing as many as possible before the battery runs down?

Richard.

 

[cvchief]

 

[cvchief]

or maybe ill-tempered mutant sea bass is the answer?