No solution has been found to control their advance yet, but conservationists could soon have a new tool at their disposal: killer robots. Angle returned home and wrote a proposal, which swiftly became the non-profit company " Robots in Service of the Environment (RISE )." The design for a lionfish killer combines a remotely-operated vehicle (ROV), using technology which iRobot had developed for the automatic vacuum cleaner Roomba, with a bespoke electrocution device. "We have spear fishers with special permits that catch lionfish on shallow reefs but lionfish survive at depths beyond the reach of recreational divers." 'Positive step'There is also support for using robots from government agencies.

Source: CNN September 19, 2016 01:07 UTC