mistakesweremade 293 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Korean robot hunts down and shreds jellyfish 05 OCTOBER 13 by DUNCAN GEERE Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have built a machine with one goal -- hunting down and slaughtering as many jellyfish as it can find. Jellyfish population booms are being seen all over the world due to a combination of factors including warming seas and overfishing. They're pretty tough creatures, outcompeting diminished fish populations and causing them further damage, as well as interfering with cooling systems. One Japanese nuclear plant removes 150 tonnes of the creatures from its pipes every day. In one notable case, they shut down the United States' newest battleship. Dealing with them is difficult. Chemicals don't do much, and nor do electric shocks. Even when they're dead they can be sucked into cooling systems for the same effect as when alive. That just leaves one approach -- sending swarms of robotic killing machines into the seas, armed with specialised shredding tools. So that's exactly what Korea is doing. Its autonomous robots travels in swarms and use a cameras and GPS systems to navigate. When a swarm of jellyfish is detected, they're encircled with a net then slowly sucked through a whirring propeller that tears them into shreds. Each swarm travels at around 11km/h and can turn 900kg of jellyfish into ribbons every hour. On a more peaceful note, it's hoped that a modified version of the bot may eventually be able to put its camera to use simply observing marine life or removing waste from the sea http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-10/05/jellyfish-killers In reference to the Battleship they mean an Aircraft Carrier. There are no battleships in active service anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinolover 3,610 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 jellyfish evolve into kaijuu this is the only way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messica 5,468 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteasian 732 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 thank god they actually have some means to kill them i remember reading about how much this was fuckign up fishing in japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBeatZ 9,208 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo's Candy Jelly Ho 3,458 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Spongebob would be so sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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YIXINGISM 947 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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