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EXPERTS HAVE WARNED the ocean’s jellyfish population is getting out of control, and this has caused problems for a variety of people and organizations.
People might get stung while at the beach, sure, but there are larger repercussions too — the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in southeastern Sweden had to close after jellyfish clogged its pipework, and hordes of murderous jellyfish have cost the fishing industry billions of dollars in lost earnings per year.
Enter robots.
South Korean scientist Hyun Mong, director of the Urban Robotics Lab at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, has designed a robotic system called “JEROS,” short for “jellyfish elimination robotic swarm”.
JEROS is designed so teams of three can work together to collectively reduce the jellyfish population.
By tracking jellyfish and sucking them into their deadly propellers, each JEROS robot can shred just shy of one ton’s worth of jellyfish per hour.
This system is surprisingly more affordable than trapping the creatures in a net.
Here it is in action, but be warned, if you have a soft-spot for jellyfish, you may find the video disturbing.
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Why is the population increasing? Is it as a result of over fishing providing less competition for the food/ algae that they eat.
Warmer less oxygenated seas
They more than likely thrive on radiation…
Check out http://www.jellyfish.ie UCC scientists set it up a few years ago.
Sterilise them, no more jelly babies
Iam on the side of the jelly fish,the human population is getting way out of hand. It may sound harsh but it’s time for forced sterilisation and slow extinction of the human race.
That new strain of Ebola may help you out Herr Stephen.
I’ll fire up the gas chambers mein fuehrer !!!
@ Mick B – Tell that to some guy who cant feed his family due to the destrutive nature of these animals in the oceans. would you prefer that they are not controlled and in the future the seas are full of them?
They are not part of any other creatures diet so eventually they will over populate. Here’s one for ya… if your house was full or rats would you ask them to leave nicely or would you have the patience to see if they left of there own accord. Dont think you would have a choice if children were involved.
WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN..
YOU ARE A JELLYFISH…
No your wrong again..
u wong, hong kong.
The guy who cant feed his family was probally taking sea turtle eggs. Sea turtles eat jellyfish. Why are jellyfish only a problem now after many centuries?
Now we can fish the oceans empty more quickly and economically, yay!
This is what happens when humans try to be like god. Nature has a built in way of stabilising itself. It’s funny when Eco ppl shout global warming that they conveniently forget that a probable cause of global warming is the destruction of the rain forest. Man has to stop intervening in nature because any attempt will result in an imbalance somewhere else.
This won’t work it will just increase the jellyfish population more, when fishermen shred the jellyfish with hooks they spawn eggs into the sea it’s a defence mechanism to make sure the population survives
I thought the exact same thing. I seen a documentary on killing jellyfish and when killed as you said they release their eggs and the population will grow. Hence this machine will cause a massive rise in jellyfish populations! Need another solution.
Then just make more and more robots till we finally beat them.
Surely if you don’t kill them they’d release their eggs eventually and produce more eggs too.
I find it absolutely disgusting and disturbing that jelly fish should suffer, all in the name of money.
The sooner we realise that money isn’t the most important thing in the World, the better.
Do they feel pain?
depends what hand they use. they might find fury….
Obscure movie reference?
roundhouse on the way now…lol
Do jelly fish even feel pain?
Is there an echo in here? ;-)
They do have a nervous system but it’s very crude. I don’t think they are capable of feeling pain. Bit like Cavan people.
Quack Quack… there’s an echo alright..
Have you see the destruction these cause to fish life, and eco systems. They need to be kept in check
Don’t be stupid. If people hadn’t decimated the population of sharks there wouldn’t be any problem. This is what happens when apex predators are removed from an ecosystem
Stephen the feel pain when their purses/wallets are damaged
Bit harsh on them..
Bosco, give us a ring when you can….
I particularly liked the line “swarms of murderous jellyfish are costing the fishing industry billions”
“Our swarms of commercial fishing ship factories go out to a fishing ground and find there is nothing left, like that’s our job to do that”
Ye sure wipe out another species in the name of profit ! Clever humans
Could the jelly from them not be used for some sort of hydra colloid wound care ?
would be better if you could ice cream with..
Keep it simple, just inform Japons fishing fleet and chinese herbal medicine it makes your mickey bigger and the jellyfish would soon be on the endangered list.
We need to start using this stuff on crabby patties !
sounds like you have Irukandji syndrome…
First of all when the robots unalive them it will be good except it will cost every country money to make them bit what about under water it will cost us more to make submarines with blades.
So I am saying think ahead
Luke Fahy age 9
Is there a chance the propeller can bend?
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