Norwegian firm Aqua Robotics has developed a robotic system for cleaning sea lice from wild salmon cages. The parasites, which leave open wounds in a salmon's skin, are kept under control by robot brush units, linked by 4G and Wi-Fi to controlling system Halo-Track. The Halo units clean the tanks, sometimes up to four times daily, preventing the build-up of lice. The Norwegian salmon industry, which provides 17% of the world's meat protein, loses €310m ($380m) in salmon deaths the 1990s.
Norwegian firm Aqua Robotics has developed a robotic system for cleaning sea lice from wild salmon cages. The parasites, which leave open wounds in a salmon's skin, are kept under control by robot brush units, linked by 4G and Wi-Fi to controlling system Halo-Track. The Halo units clean the tanks, sometimes up to four times daily, preventing the build-up of lice. The Norwegian salmon industry, which provides 17% of the world's meat protein, loses €310m ($380m) in salmon deaths annually.