Overview
The COTSBot finds and eradicates crown-of-thorns starfish using a neural network to identify the starfish and injects bile salts to kill it, helping to protect the Great Barrier Reef.
Key facts
- Payload
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- Battery
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- Autonomy
- fully autonomous
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- Status
- active
Detailed specifications
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- Height Mm
- 1400
- Procedure Types
- Autonomous detection and lethal injection of crown-of-thorns starfish using bile salts[1][2][3]
- Deployment Notes
- Underwent sea trials in Moreton Bay; designed as first responder for eradication, with divers following; transitioned to RangerBot for broader use, but widespread deployment not occurred[1][2][5][6]
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