ERP Fence Monitoring Project
Faculty Mentor Name
Luis Felipe Zapata-Rivera
Format Preference
Poster
Abstract
In Africa, the poaching of elephants and rhinos is an ongoing issue. ERP (Elephants, Rhinos, and People) organization is collaborating with Embry Riddle Aeronautical University to develop a fence monitoring prototype. Our ERP fence monitoring project purpose is to create a fence monitoring system to detect poacher intrusions to protect the animals. This iteration of the project has the goal of improving the detection system proposed by the ERP capstone group from 2023 by lowering the cost, improving performance and power consumption. The project's expected outcome is to detect a poacher near reserves in South Africa with at least 75% confidence, with nodes that can operate with battery for long periods of time. Our proposal is to place low-cost sensor nodes along the fence to detect humans near the fence. We will also detect disruptions to the fence using an accelerometer and a microphone. Based on the events detection the node will notify the central node to alert for the presence of poachers. Two breadboard prototypes are in the process of development to test out node design. The ESP32C3 development boards, the accelerometer sensor LIS3DH, and a microphone MAX4466 are used as the main components of the nodes. In parallel we are developing software for collecting and analyzing data and for the message’s transmission. The nodes developed will be integrated in a sensor network with a hybrid network topology. We are co-authoring a paper titled “Sensor fusion with multi-modal ground sensor network for endangered animal protection in large areas” in collaboration with California State University-Chico. The paper is being published at the SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing Conference in April. Upcoming steps include: Creation of printed circuit board PCBs with just the required components to develop the custom nodes; Integration of the audio detection functionality using a microphone; Implementation of sensor fusion based of threshold detection
ERP Fence Monitoring Project
In Africa, the poaching of elephants and rhinos is an ongoing issue. ERP (Elephants, Rhinos, and People) organization is collaborating with Embry Riddle Aeronautical University to develop a fence monitoring prototype. Our ERP fence monitoring project purpose is to create a fence monitoring system to detect poacher intrusions to protect the animals. This iteration of the project has the goal of improving the detection system proposed by the ERP capstone group from 2023 by lowering the cost, improving performance and power consumption. The project's expected outcome is to detect a poacher near reserves in South Africa with at least 75% confidence, with nodes that can operate with battery for long periods of time. Our proposal is to place low-cost sensor nodes along the fence to detect humans near the fence. We will also detect disruptions to the fence using an accelerometer and a microphone. Based on the events detection the node will notify the central node to alert for the presence of poachers. Two breadboard prototypes are in the process of development to test out node design. The ESP32C3 development boards, the accelerometer sensor LIS3DH, and a microphone MAX4466 are used as the main components of the nodes. In parallel we are developing software for collecting and analyzing data and for the message’s transmission. The nodes developed will be integrated in a sensor network with a hybrid network topology. We are co-authoring a paper titled “Sensor fusion with multi-modal ground sensor network for endangered animal protection in large areas” in collaboration with California State University-Chico. The paper is being published at the SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing Conference in April. Upcoming steps include: Creation of printed circuit board PCBs with just the required components to develop the custom nodes; Integration of the audio detection functionality using a microphone; Implementation of sensor fusion based of threshold detection