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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
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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 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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