New Castle Design Associates Proposal for Insect Video

New Castle Design Associates Proposal for Insect Video Tracking Device September 24, 1998 Team 5 Sponsor: Keith Hopper, USDA & UD

Summary of Insect Video Tracking Device Team: 5 Members: Justin L. Combs, Raymond M. Foulk IV, Ryan S. Mc. Donough, George H. Sapna III Customer: Keith Hopper (USDA and UD) Advisor: Dr. James Glancey Mission: Our mission is to design, construct, and refine an insect video tracking system for agricultural research that provides our customers with a creative, realistic and performance-based solution. Approach: Our strategy will be to gain an overall knowledge of the project as a whole and then to strive for a solution by researching, benchmarking, and defining the customer’s wants and constraints. Finally, using an iterative design synthesis process, our team will generate the best solution to satisfy our customers.

Background • Effect of Pests on Agricultural Industry • Beneficial Insects • Aphelinus asychas • Reproductive habits of Aphelinus asychas

Description of Problem • Existing System • Description • Problems With Existing System • Benefits of a new solution • Primary Customer • Agricultural Industry

Mission Statement Our mission is to design, refine and construct an insect video tracking system to be used with agricultural research, thus providing our customers with a creative, realistic and performance-based solution.

Customers • • • Keith Hopper Agricultural Industry Entomologists Supermarket Industry Consumer Environment

Top Ten Wants • • • Further Knowledge Of Insect Habits Insect Tracking Over 1 m 2 Area Increase Food Production Inexpensive Food Better Quality Food Refined Pest Control New Tool For Tracking Insects Utilize Existing Equipment Reduce Use of Pesticides Easily Expandable Device

Constraints • • • Complete By End Of School Year Budget: Several Thousand Dollars Tracking Area: 1 Square Meter Two Dimensional Tracking System Work Area: Stearns Lab

Benchmarking • • Existing Video Tracking System NASA Vertical Spin Tunnel Biorobotic Vision Group DARPA Image Understanding Program Semi-Automated Film/Video System CAD Plotter PC Mouse

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