Big Dog takes to the woods

[szurszewski]

On 4/23/2024 at 8:37 PM, Brucifer1150 said:

 

 

 

 

That video is even older than my post you quoted! (Probably way scarier real stuff now!)

 

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

A good use for an AI robot. 

 

Short version: crown-of-thorns starfish, when present in large numbers, can wreck coral reefs.  This robotic submarine scoots around, visually IDs  that particular species of starfish with 99.4% accuracy, and injects them with poison.  Batteries are good for an eight-hour starfish-hunting shift.  I'm imagining a guy going out in the morning with a boat carrying a couple dozen of these and sprinkling them around the reef, then picking them up at the end of the shift.