SBIR Phase I: Remotely Operated Avian Management

SBIR 第一阶段：远程操作禽类管理

• 批准号: 2136815
• 负责人: Timothy Shields
• 金额: $ 25.5万
• 依托单位: HARDSHELL LABS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-02-15 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2136815&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Remotely; Operated; Avian

The broader impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 project is the facilitation of more widespread and affordable wildlife research, management, and monitoring through the use of internet-connected devices. Internet-mediated human control of laser hazing devices may provide cost-effective damage reduction in agricultural settings. The research is founded on the ability of lasers to repel a wide variety of birds. Human oversight will benefit from remote operation, allowing the research and development activtities to be conducted at a fraction of the cost of an on-site presence. The immediate problem addressed is avian damage. agricultural losses, predation on sensitive species, and aviation hazards. Refining and expanding the proposed model may broaden the range of solvable conservation problems. The proposed system seeks to allow one person to simultaneously operate multiple internet connected devices. The creation of reliable, remote management tools may broaden the scope and improve the efficiency of natural resource management. By allowing remote wildland views and providing opportunities for positive intervention, the technology may increase public engagement with the natural world through formal and informal education, improve the understanding of resource protection issues, and enhance public commitment to solving environmental challenges.The development of a fully integrated, remotely-operable network of internet-connected, artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced laser devices for repelling pest birds from valuable agricultural assets is proposed. The primary project goal of the project is to make non-lethal pest bird management more effective, easy, and affordable in agricultural, conservation, and commercial settings that are often remote. Phase 1 research and development will cover the creation and initial field testing of a laser array that is remotely controlled by internet connected operators. Phase 1 performance metrics will focus on reliability and ease of use as there are significant operational challenges in various settings (e.g., lack of wi-fi connectivity in wilderness and remote locations, laser safety, etc.). The project seeks to establish a template for the reliable, remote operation of a wide array of human-controlled devices via internet connections supplemented, where appropriate, with artificial intelligence. This technology may facilitate the wide adoption of more efficient approaches to wildland research, monitoring, and management as the physical presence of the operator will not be required.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛影响是通过使用互联网连接的设备促进更广泛和负担得起的野生动物研究，管理和监测。以互联网为媒介的激光雾化设备的人为控制可以在农业环境中提供具有成本效益的损害减少。这项研究是建立在激光击退各种鸟类的能力之上的。人类监督将受益于远程操作，使研究和开发活动能够以现场存在成本的一小部分进行。当前的问题是鸟类造成的损害。农业损失、对敏感物种的捕食和航空危害。 改进和扩展所提出的模型可能会扩大可解决的守恒问题的范围。所提出的系统试图允许一个人同时操作多个互联网连接的设备。创建可靠的远程管理工具可以扩大自然资源管理的范围并提高其效率。通过允许远程荒地视图和提供积极干预的机会，该技术可以通过正式和非正式教育增加公众与自然世界的接触，提高对资源保护问题的理解，并加强公众对解决环境挑战的承诺。人工智能（AI）增强的激光设备，用于从有价值的农业资产中驱除害虫鸟类。该项目的主要目标是使非致命性害虫鸟类管理在通常偏远的农业，保护和商业环境中更有效，更容易和负担得起。第一阶段的研究和开发将包括激光阵列的创建和初始现场测试，该激光阵列由互联网连接的操作员远程控制。第1阶段的性能指标将侧重于可靠性和易用性，因为在各种环境中存在重大的操作挑战（例如，在野外和偏远地区缺乏Wi-Fi连接、激光安全等）。 该项目旨在建立一个模板，通过互联网连接对各种人工控制设备进行可靠的远程操作，并在适当情况下辅以人工智能。这项技术可能会促进更有效的方法广泛采用荒地研究，监测和管理作为操作员的物理存在将是不需要的。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。