War of the Worlds Robot

We are developing a walking robot based on the Lynxmotion Mini-Hexapod platform that seeks out invasive fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) and dispatches them with a blue laser. This robot will be driven by an Nvidia Jetson embedded processing system that will access a gimbal-mounted camera to locate fire ants and also aim the laser. The robot is currently being developed as an undergraduate research activity.