Robotic laser can target and kill cockroaches.

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  • Author(s): Sparkes, Matthew (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    New Scientist. 10/29/2022, Vol. 256 Issue 3410, p23-23. 1p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      COCKROACHES; LASERS; ROBOTICS; BLATTELLA germanica; COMPUTER vision
    • Abstract:
      The system is very cheap, even compared with pesticides, because laser prices are not so high Rakhmatulin says that the cost of an anti-pest laser system could be brought down to around £25, but that it will never be safe to use in residential settings because of the danger posed to human eyesight by lasers. RESEARCHERS have created a device that uses machine vision to spot cockroaches and zap them with a laser. [Extracted from the article]
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