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The robot built to hunt down and dispose of Spotted Lanternfly eggs

Left uncontrolled, the Spotted Lanternfly could potentially cost Pennsylvania’s economy $324 million annually
By Emmett Smith  on 
An image of a robot getting rid of spotted lanternfly eggs on a tree with a brush on its arm side by side with an image of a spotted lanternfly on a tree
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Spotted Lanternflies are an invasive species native to Asia first identified in the U.S. in 2014, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The Carnegie Mellon(opens in a new tab) TartanPest Team is developing an autonomous robot to control the spread of Spotted Lanternflies by navigating farms to find and remove their eggs.


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