Technological Innovations in Agriculture for Scouting Halyomorpha Halys in Orchards

  • Lennart Almstedt
  • , Davide Baltieri
  • , Francesco Betti Sorbelli
  • , Davide Cattozzi
  • , Daniele Giannetti
  • , Amin Kargar
  • , Lara Maistrello
  • , Alfredo Navarra
  • , David Niederprum
  • , Brendan O'Flynn
  • , Lorenzo Palazzetti
  • , Niccolo Patelli
  • , Luca Piccinini
  • , Cristina M. Pinotti
  • , Lars Wolf
  • , Dimitrios Zorbas

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Abstract

In this paper, we illustrate the technological innovations we implemented in a test-bed field to automate the bug scouting process. Our work is motivated by the invasive global pest Halyomorpha halys (HH), whose damages have a huge economic impact for fruit orchards. We propose the automation of the time- and labor-intensive process of the HH scouting, traditionally performed by phytosanitary operators. We then describe the selection criteria that led to the hardware architecture designed consisting of a UAV, an RGB vision chip, a new ad hoc trap, and micro-climate stations. We also look for recognition algorithms based on deep learning models that can learn to recognize the HH after a training based on a dataset of images. Our very preliminary results show that the performances of UAV deep learning algorithms trained on artificial datasets are not satisfactory when tested on real images. However, very satisfactory results were obtained from the stationary ad hoc trap monitoring system running on the edge.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages702-709
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9798350346497
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event19th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023 - Pafos, Cyprus
Duration: 19 Jun 202321 Jun 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings - 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023

Conference

Conference19th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023
Country/TerritoryCyprus
CityPafos
Period19/06/2321/06/23

Keywords

  • Automatic monitoring
  • Canopy's micro-climate station
  • Computer Vision Algorithm
  • Halyomorpha halys detection
  • Hardware Evaluation
  • IoT trap
  • Technological transfer

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