{"id":54936,"date":"2023-10-20T16:29:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/reef-protector-qut-develops-starfish-killing-robot-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T16:29:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:29:24","slug":"reef-protector-qut-develops-starfish-killing-robot-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/reef-protector-qut-develops-starfish-killing-robot-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Reef protector: QUT develops starfish-killing robot – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
An underwater robot will soon be deployed to save the Great Barrier Reef by hunting down an invasive starfish species and injecting it with poison. <\/p>\n
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The COTSbot (Crown of Thorns Sea Star) has one mission in life: to hunt down and destroy the destructive starfish that is eating the reef\u2019s coral. And it\u2019s damn good at it too.<\/p>\n
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