A next generation smart insect trap combining novel sensors, targeted attractants and remote AI for enhanced pest detection and alerts

下一代智能昆虫捕捉器结合了新型传感器、针对性引诱剂和远程人工智能，可增强害虫检测和警报

• 批准号: 10084604
• 金额: $ 35.01万
• 依托单位: ARCTECH INNOVATION LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10084604
• 关键词: next; generation; smart; insect; trap

Increasing global temperatures, rising urban populations and international travel/trade have resulted in growing populations of pests and non native pest outbreaks. Bed bugs in particular pose a growing challenge with 80% hotels in the U.S reporting infestations in 2018, costing ~$23K/infestation with growing pesticide resistant strains --fuelling demand for improved monitoring and trapping technologies to tackle infestations.Through the combination of novel aggregation pheromone formulations, a unique sensor array design and machine learning, Arctech Innovation (leading SME developer of natural disease and pest control products) aim to address this global pest challenge with a solution that not only seeks to enhance attraction and trapping of pests but also confirms the presence of defined pest/vector species through the use of pheromone-based identification. The approach also overcomes the known limitations of other available smart systems which rely heavily on the use of hardware (eg cameras/GPS with sensors to detect pests) with high power demands, high costs and limitations in pest classification.Allowing for a more rapid and lower cost methodology for targeted insect detection at an early, treatable stage, the approach is truly scalable, the arising data also providing significant value for wider pest management programmes including species identification/outbreak modelling with future application in outdoor environments, notably targeting mosquitoes which account for \>17% of all infectious diseases globally.Arctech are well placed to complete the planned 18-month project which builds on established IP in natural test lure for bed bugs and an odour-based diagnostic as well as an established network of leading pest control companies. The receipt of Innovate UK support will accelerate development at a time where new solutions are actively sought globally.

全球气温上升、城市人口增加和国际旅行/贸易导致害虫数量增加和非本地害虫暴发。2018年，美国80%的酒店报告了床虱的侵扰，每只床虱的成本约为2.3万美元，这引发了对改进监控和诱捕技术以应对虫害的需求。通过结合新型聚集信息素配方、独特的传感器阵列设计和机器学习，Arctech Innovation(领先的中小企业自然疾病和害虫控制产品开发商)旨在通过一种解决方案来应对这一全球害虫挑战，该解决方案不仅寻求增强害虫的吸引力和诱捕能力，还通过使用基于信息素的识别来确认特定害虫/媒介物种的存在。该方法还克服了其他可用的智能系统的已知局限性，这些系统严重依赖硬件(如摄像头/GPS和传感器来检测害虫)的使用，具有高功率要求、高成本和害虫分类方面的局限性。该方法允许在早期、可治疗的阶段进行有针对性的昆虫检测的更快速和更低成本的方法，该方法是真正可扩展的，产生的数据也为更广泛的害虫管理计划提供了重要价值，包括物种识别/暴发建模，以及未来在户外环境中的应用，特别是针对蚊子，这些蚊子占了很大的比例；全球17%的传染病。Arctech处于有利地位，可以完成计划中的18个月项目，该项目建立在对臭虫的天然测试诱饵和基于气味的诊断以及领先害虫控制公司的成熟网络的基础上。在全球都在积极寻求新的解决方案之际，Innovate UK的支持将加快发展。