https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2022.2121777 }} For Selective neutralisation and deterring of cockroaches with laser automated by machine vision (read or listen) | Ildar Rakhmatulin · Mathieu Lihoreau · Jose Pueyo (Sep 2022)
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AI Laser That Kills Cockroaches Created, Dubbed 'A Little Dangerous' | Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/cockroach-killing-laser-beam-artificial-intelligence-1747616
The authors hope that their laser pest elimination system could represent a way forward in terms of eliminating insects without killing important species too. ... The device itself works using artificial intelligence, or AI, to detect and recognize the cockroach using a camera, before firing a laser at it, killing it. The researchers trained the AI to know what a cockroach looked like in a variety of light conditions and positions.
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New bug-blasting laser can ‘find, control and even kill’ hidden cockroaches | The Sun
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/19953512/cockroach-laser-kill-tech-ai
A scientist in Scotland has come up with an ingenious AI-powered laser tool that can blast the pests away for good.
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Scientists create AI-equipped laser that kills cockroaches: watch video | Business Raw
The ability to precisely track which parts of the cockroach’s body were hit would also be useful, the article says.
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Scientists Create AI-Powered Laser Turret That Kills Cockroaches | VICE
According to the paper, Rakhmatulin tried this configuration at different power levels for the laser. At a lower power level, he found that he could influence the behavior of roaches by simply triggering their flight response with a laser; this way, they could potentially be trained to not shelter in a particular dark area. At a higher power level, the cockroaches were effectively "neutralised," in the paper's language—in other words, killed.
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