2005 Volume 67 Issue 6 Pages 127-135
The first paper showed the effects of laser emissions on Drosophila. The second paper shows the attempts to develop an autonomous pest control system through image processing. Drosophila, the subject of this research, is a flying insect. So the autonomous pest control system should contain a function which can monitor the Drosophila's spatial location over a short time span within a 3 dimensional space. This monitoring will take place through the use of image processing. And these actions should be done in a moment. Two galvano-mirrors are adopted for laser control within a 3 dimensional space. This research will develop the program in order to combine these steps and conduct experiments and discussions. The approximation technique will be used for control of the galvano-mirrors.
Results of the laser emission experiment revealed some inaccuracies with the approximation technique, as its operation speed was not fast enough to monitor rapid movement of the target from one location to another.
