Basically the idea is to visually detect a mosquito, focus and track it with a laser until it dies.
Only female mosquitoes imbibe blood and females are bigger than males [1][2]. The buzzing sound of a mosquito has a unique characteristic. Flight speed is around 1.5-2.5 km/h [2] (or 1-2 km/h [1]). The typical length of a mosquito is 3-6mm [2].
1 km/h ~ 0.28 m/s -> 2.7mm per 10ms
2.5 km/h ~ 0.7 m/s -> 7mm per 10ms
=> The overall target latency of the tracking mechanism should be 10ms or less.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito
[2] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stechm%C3%BCcken
It turned out that Tangmi 1080P and HP 4310 is much too slow so I get a IDS UI-3160CP-C-HQ with a SV-0614H objective.
Main components
- TF Servo Brick
- TF Dual Relay Bricklet
- Servo Hitec HS-53
- Red Dot Laser 1mW 650nm
- IDS UI-3160CP-C-HQ
- SV-0614H
Main components
- https://optitrack.com/products/prime-41/
- https://www.robosense.ai/seeker
- https://www.flir.de/
- https://www.faro.com
- https://www.gras.dk/products/special-microphone/low-noise-measuring-systems
- Nathan Myhrvold - Could this laser zap malaria? - February 2010 at TED2010
- Photonic Sentry
- Mosquito Killer Robot
Icons: https://www.behance.net/gallery/24974365/Thin-Line-UI-Icons-170