Lion fish hunting robot

[cpichette]

This is pretty cool for hunting lion fish at depth

Worlds First Eco Robot Protecting Reefs from Lionfish

 

[k4kafka]

"pretty cool for hunting lion fish at depth".

Too bad the video doesn't show that...

 

[gopbroek]

Try this

 

[Frank Storms]

I thought the only Lion Fish Hunter Robots were named Steve and Gary!

 

[k4kafka]

The video shows lion fish free swimming in shallow water on a bright sunlit bottom. Not at all where I usually encounter these little f**ckers...

 

[KeithG]

Try this

Interesting video. I wonder how well it will handle current?

Not sure how successful this robot will be in the real world. I guestimate that over 90% of the lionfish i have seen have been tucked up under a coral head. This machine could not reach them.

On our recent trip to Utila one of the dives was a lionfish hunt. We spotted, the DMs killed. The lionfish were skittish and hard to target. this is a little unusual but very real. The majority were also hidden in small crevaces and were hard to target with a pole spear. The robot would have been useless as it could not get within several feet.

 

[k4kafka]

Interesting video. I wonder how well it will handle current?

Not sure how successful this robot will be in the real world. I guestimate that over 90% of the lionfish i have seen have been tucked up under a coral head. This machine could not reach them.

On our recent trip to Utila one of the dives was a lionfish hunt. We spotted, the DMs killed. The lionfish were skittish and hard to target. this is a little unusual but very real. The majority were also hidden in small crevaces and were hard to target with a pole spear. The robot would have been useless as it could not get within several feet.

Since it appears this "robot" is actually man-controlled...seems like a lot of time/effort and energy expended to find,stun and capture...No details presented regarding real-world working depth or battery run-times...

 

[Streydog]

For $5,000 you can name one of the robots. I bet you could eradicate many more than the robots by just "funding" lion fish hunters with $5,000.

 

[DjDiverDan]

Frankly, the traps designed specifically for lionfish, plans for which are available for free from NOAA, look a lot more practical. You can set them and forget them, come back and check them next day.

http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/science/conservation/lionfish-trap-one-pager.pdf