Coordinated Drone Net Coupling for Large-Field Insect Swarm Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies face challenges in effectively managing insect swarms using drones, particularly in large agricultural fields, and there is a need for environmentally safe methods to control pests like locusts and mosquitoes.
Innovation Solution
A system of collaborating drones that cast nets with high voltage to trap insects, using electromagnetic coupling to form a wider net and decapacitate them, while employing environmentally friendly chemicals to attract and immobilize the insects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If individual drones are used to electrocute insects, then the technique is simple to implement, but it is not feasible to eliminate insect pests from large agricultural fields
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple individual drones are merged into a coordinated swarm system that operates collectively. The drones work in unison to cover large agricultural fields, combining their individual electrocution capabilities to achieve area-wide insect pest elimination that would be impossible for a single drone.
Solution Approach 2:
The large agricultural field is segmented into multiple zones, each covered by individual drones within the swarm. This segmentation allows the system to manage and control insect elimination across extensive areas by dividing the task among multiple autonomous units that coordinate their movements and operations.
2Productivity
If chemical pesticides are used to treat crops, then insect pests are effectively controlled, but toxic and environmentally hazardous effects occur
Solution Approach 1:
The chemical pesticide application system is replaced with a physical electrocution mechanism. Drones equipped with electrocution devices directly eliminate insect pests through electrical discharge, substituting the chemical-based control method with a physical one that avoids toxic residues and environmental contamination while maintaining effective pest control.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system efficiently manages insect swarms by trapping and decapacitating insects using high voltage nets, providing a safe and effective alternative to chemical pesticides.
Implementation Method 1
The drone may further include a high voltage generator configured to generate the high voltage
Implementation Method 2
a coupling unit configured to magnetize one or more drone couplers for electromagnetically coupling two or more of the plurality of drones
Data Source
AI summary
This disclosure relates to system and method for managing an insect swarm using a plurality of drones. The method includes detecting an insect swarm. The method may further include tracking a movement of the insect swarm. The method further includes communicating, with remaining of the plurality of drones, to dynamically align in a position based on the tracking so as to make a drone formation. The method further includes magnetizing, by at least some of the plurality of drones, one or more drone couplers for electromagnetically coupling the at least some of the plurality of drones with each other as per the drone formation. The method further includes casting, by each of the plurality of drones, a net to trap insects in the insect swarm. The method further includes supplying, by each of the plurality of drones, a high voltage to the net to decapacitate the insects.