Hadley Pinkerton Why does Colin Angle inventor of the Roomba want to create a killer robot Lionfish are an incredibly invasive species In just 5 weeks a singular lion fish can decimate up to 80 of the fish in an area They prey on critically endangered species They also destroy coral reefs which are already in danger Additionally they reproduce very quickly they can lay up to 2 million eggs per year This makes them a massive threat to the environment These problems started when pet owners began releasing their no longer wanted lionfish into the wild However many lionfish swim at very deep depths of the ocean making it impossible for the average diver to catch them Frazer Thomas K et al Coping with the lionfish invasion Can targeted removals yield beneficial effects Reviews in Fisheries Science vol 20 no 4 2012 pp 185 191 https doi org 10 1080 10641262 2012 700655 The Inventor of Roomba Has a New Robot That Sucks up Invasive Fish www fastcompany com 40440386 the inventor of roomba designed a robot to suck up i nvasive fish Accessed 18 Sept 2023 Colin Angle the inventor of the Roomba has expanded his business from vacuum cleaners to robots that catch these invasive species His new nonprofit Robots in Service of the Environment is designing a robot that will stun and capture lionfish to be sold as food in restaurants His goal is to make the robot as affordable and effective as possible Eventually he hopes to sell the product to commercial fishermen He hopes that one day for a very affordable price someone could catch a lionfish at home from their iPad Rocha L A Rocha C R Baldwin C C et al Invasive lionfish preying on critically endangered reef fish Coral Reefs 34 803 806 2015 https doi org 10 1007 s00338 015 1293 z
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