TY - JOUR

T1 - Honey-Bee Localization Using an Energy Harvesting Device and Power Based Angle of Arrival Estimation

T2 - 2018 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS

AU - Shearwood, Jake

AU - Hung, Daisy Man Yuen

AU - Cross, Paul

AU - Preston, Shaun

AU - Palego, Cristiano

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PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - A novel approach for real-time monitoring of honey-bees across their natural habitat is presented herein. We present a wearable device which scavenges energy from the bee’s mechanical vibrations to power the transmission of location data while ensuring minimal physical hindrance. The geo-physical location of honey-bees is determined by implementing a compact and low weight scanning system that can be used with a stationary receiver or coupled to a movable receiver for tracking across the entire foraging range. This is achieved through the combination and synchronization of a RF detector, steerable microstrip array and a microcontroller to estimate angle of arrival using received signal strength indicator (RSSI). The present approach addresses the fundamental limitations of current telemetry systems in terms of cost and adverse size/weight impact over the bee foraging behavior.

AB - A novel approach for real-time monitoring of honey-bees across their natural habitat is presented herein. We present a wearable device which scavenges energy from the bee’s mechanical vibrations to power the transmission of location data while ensuring minimal physical hindrance. The geo-physical location of honey-bees is determined by implementing a compact and low weight scanning system that can be used with a stationary receiver or coupled to a movable receiver for tracking across the entire foraging range. This is achieved through the combination and synchronization of a RF detector, steerable microstrip array and a microcontroller to estimate angle of arrival using received signal strength indicator (RSSI). The present approach addresses the fundamental limitations of current telemetry systems in terms of cost and adverse size/weight impact over the bee foraging behavior.

KW - Receivers

KW - Thorax

KW - Radar tracking

KW - Telemetry

KW - Radio transmitters

KW - Energy harvesting

KW - Radio frequency

KW - piezoelectric effect

KW - localization

KW - Received signal strength indicator

KW - Direction-of-arrival estimation

U2 - 10.1109/MWSYM.2018.8439173

DO - 10.1109/MWSYM.2018.8439173

M3 - Conference article

SP - 957

EP - 960

JO - IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS

JF - IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS

SN - 2576-7216

ER -