Scientific Responsible
Arnaud Lelevé
Bâtiment Saint-Exupéry
25 avenue Jean Capelle Ouest
69621 Villeurbanne cedex

Tél. + 33 (0)4 72 43 60 35
arnaud [dot] leleve [arobase] insa-lyon.fr

They wrote about this project:

At midway

At project midway, the high-speed detection and the localization of aphids setting on leaves has been validated with filtering algorithms and Artificial Intelligence. We can distinguish various types of aphids and detect the presence of mildew on vine leaves.

It has been demonstrated that it is possible to embark a laser source on an autonomous mobile robot to neutralize aphids. Several types of lasers are being studied and the optimization of their power.

The project is undertaken by  5 teams working cooperatively on various parts of the mobile robot: