Mobile Predator Robots for Adaptive Nuisance Animal Deterrence
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to effectively and efficiently deter nuisance animals from damaging gardens, crops, and livestock, as they often rely on stationary or limited mobility scarecrows and sound-emitting devices that do not adequately respond to various animal species and their behaviors.
Innovation Solution
An automated robotic system equipped with sensors, a computerized control module, and mobile robotic devices that can move to the location of nuisance animals and emulate a predator, using visual and auditory schemes tailored to specific species, and employing GPS, LIDAR, and machine learning algorithms to predict and respond to animal behavior.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If stationary scarecrows or sound-emitting devices are used, then device complexity is reduced, but effectiveness in deterring nuisance animals deteriorates due to limited mobility and inability to respond to various animal species
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms stationary scarecrows into mobile robotic devices that can dynamically move across the property to track and deter nuisance animals. The robotic system includes sensors for detecting animal presence and mobility mechanisms for repositioning, allowing the device to adapt its location based on animal behavior patterns rather than remaining fixed at one point.
Solution Approach 2:
The robotic system incorporates autonomous operation capabilities where sensors automatically detect nuisance animals and trigger appropriate deterrent responses without human intervention. The system self-manages monitoring, tracking, and deterrence execution, reducing the need for manual operation while maintaining high effectiveness against various animal species.
2Reliability
If mobile robotic devices with sensors and predator emulation capabilities are deployed, then deterrence effectiveness against various animal species is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The robotic system is designed with multi-functional capabilities to handle various nuisance animal species through a single integrated platform. It combines sensor arrays for detection, mobility mechanisms for tracking, and multiple deterrent methods (visual predator effigies, auditory sounds, physical movement) that can be adapted to different animal types, replacing the need for multiple specialized devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical scarecrows with an automated robotic system that uses sensors, computer vision, and intelligent control algorithms to detect and respond to animals. This substitution enables more sophisticated behavior emulation and adaptive responses while reducing manual intervention requirements.
3Ease of operation
If traditional stationary devices are used, then ease of operation is maintained, but productivity in protecting large areas deteriorates due to limited coverage
Solution Approach 1:
The robotic system dynamically moves across large property areas using wheeled or tracked mobility mechanisms, enabling coverage of extensive regions that would be impractical for stationary devices. The system can autonomously navigate and reposition to maintain optimal deterrence positioning while covering multiple zones.
Solution Approach 2:
The robotic system divides the large property area into multiple monitoring zones and sequentially or concurrently addresses threats in different segments. This segmentation approach allows the single mobile device to effectively protect extensive areas by systematically covering different regions rather than being confined to one location.
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AI summary
A system useful to protect a real estate property includes at least one sensor configured to monitor presence of a nuisance animal on the real estate property, a computerized control module including programming to diagnose the presence of the nuisance animal based upon data from the at least one sensor, and at least one mobile robotic device. The mobile robotic device is configured to move to a location of the nuisance animal on the real estate property based upon the data from the at least one sensor and emulate a predator to move the nuisance animal.