学生建造的无人机探测到并阻吓鹿保护作物,为创新赢得5 000美元。 A student-built drone detects and deters deer to protect crops, winning $5,000 for its innovation.

明尼苏达大学的一个学生团队开发了FarmGuard,这是一个自主的无人驾驶飞机,使用照相机和计算机视觉日夜探测鹿,然后用灯光和声音阻吓鹿,同时优化飞行路线,提高能源效率。 A University of Minnesota student team developed FarmGuard, an autonomous drone that uses cameras and computer vision to detect deer day and night, then deters them with lights and sound while optimizing flight paths for energy efficiency. 无人驾驶飞机设计成自我充电并返回像机器人真空一样的站台,每次充电最多45分钟,提供连续一夜的保护。 Designed to self-charge and return to a station like a robot vacuum, the drone operates for up to 45 minutes per charge, offering continuous overnight protection. 该系统旨在减少小农场的作物损失——鹿的作物损失高达30%,在这些小农场,围栏往往费用太高。 The system aims to reduce crop losses—up to 30% from deer—on small farms, where fencing is often too costly. 团队赢得了小农场技术奖,赢得了5 000美元的奖金,以支持在两个农场进行进一步测试,没有类似的商业产品已知存在。 Winning the Small Farm Technology award, the team earned a $5,000 prize to support further testing on two farms, with no similar commercial product known to exist.