The purpose of this project was to create a prototype of an automated pest deterrence system for Wachusett Vineyards. The following report details how birds can greatly affect a vineyard’s crop yields, how robots are used to solve agricultural problems, and how we planned and designed a cyber-physical system to deter birds from the grape crops. We used a Raspberry Pi and camera to run motion detection software and automatically scare away these birds via predatory audio. We also created a desktop application to monitor the live stream footage, manually activate the sound deterrence, and view information about previously captured motion detections.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Antoniou, Sophie L.
• Desrosiers, Kenneth

Subject

• Environment
• Sustainability
• Community
• Security
• Food

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 16976
• E-project-040521-113912

Advisor

• Gennert, Michael A.

Year

• 2021

Sponsor

• Wachusett Vineyards

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 15 - Life On Land

Date created

• 2021-04-05

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Computer Science
• Robotics Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-05-03