Robot slugkiller ready to roll

**muckshifter** · 09-17-2001, 05:03 AM

Farmers could soon be relying on robots to stop their crops being eaten up by hungry slugs.

Researchers are working on a robot that can patrol fields looking for slugs and scooping up any it finds.

The creators of the robot hope it will eventually be able to recharge its batteries using power generated from the decaying bodies of the slugs it has caught.

It has already performed well in field trials and now more cash is being sought to finish its development.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci...00/1542588.stm

**Orange Peel** · 09-17-2001, 05:23 AM

What will they think of next?!?!

Good idea though. It should save the farmers loads of time.

I wish I had a creative mind.

**muckshifter** · 09-17-2001, 07:06 AM

... "To chase an animal that was moving quite fast would take a lot of energy," he said, adding that slugs are one of the few animals that can be hunted without a Home Office licence...