NORFOLK, Va., July 6 -- Old Dominion University issued the following news release:
Ticks had a good run. For millions of years, they've hitched rides on people and animals, spreading diseases and ruining hikes. But, Old Dominion University tick expert Holly Gaff, Ph.D., is changing the game. Her newest collaborative creation, the TickBot, has no skin, no blood and no deadline, making it the perfect robotic nemesis for a prehistoric pest.
For more than a decade, Dr. Gaff, professor and chair of the biological sciences department, has been developing the TickBot - a tick prevention tool in the form of a robot on four wheels pulling along a permethrin-treated cloth that won't harm the environment or beneficial insects. The TickBot is closer ...