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After hearing that one of his friends had been stung upwards of 90 times while trying to exterminate wasps from his property, Professor Sekine of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, who was undoubtedly dealing with a wasp problem of his own, decided to come up with an easier way to conquer the problem of painful and potentially dangerous insect stings.
Mohican, named for its native-styled faux-hawk, is a robot designed for the sole purpose of slaughtering wasps. Sure, there’s always the practical long-hosed spray bottles, but that’s clearly not how scientists think. And remember kids, if it doesn’t have a mohawk, it’s not a true Mohican!
