Intelligent robot brushes create bug eggs on branches and vines

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The TartanPest robot was developed by a group of undergraduates from Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute, the the TartanPest robot is made up of an Ufactory xArm6 robotic arm, as well as the computer vision software attached to an Amiga electronic micro-tractor. The robot can autonomously move through rows of trees or vines, it utilizes computer vision to search for lanternfly spotted egg masses.

It is based on an algorithm that was honed on a collection comprised of 700 images of egg mass, which is typically placed on rocks, trees as well as other types of surface. Once an egg’s masses is identified and the robot employs an elongated brush at the arm’s end to remove and then destroy the. Every mass has 30-50 eggs which hatch in the fall, and hatch in the next spring.

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Source: newatlas.com

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