why spend the scarce energy of the battery in addition what's already being spent spinning the propellers
I mean getting rid of drone, and having just laser turret.
Readit Newsmcksp commented on Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025) · Posted by u/david927
My roommate and I are still working on Tornyol, our mosquito killing drone! It uses ultrasonic sonar to detect mosquitoes, and missile control theory to ram into mosquitoes and grind them in its propellers.
Our target platform is a 40 grams tinywhoop so it’s safe to fly everywhere and makes almost no noise :). A Roomba for mosquitoes!
The main plus compared to traditional systems is that a drone can cover an enormous surface in a short time compared to static systems or man-portable insecticide spraying. Our goal is to be competitive with ITNs against Malaria.
Some links :
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/25/supercon-2024-killing-mosqui...
I guess you already researched this topic: would laser turret work for killing mosquitos? And if no, why not? Seems more reliable.
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