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Title: SMART FOOD DISPENSER DRONE FOR STRAY DOGS AND CATS

SMART FOOD DISPENSER DRONE FOR STRAY DOGS AND CATS
P. Balazy; P. Gut; P. Knap; B. Marczynski
1314-2704
English
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• Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE
• Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA
A severe problem affecting urban areas is a large number of stray animals,
either r eject-
ed by their owners or born in the wild. These animals face the problem of malnutrition,
as it is difficult for them to obtain food without human help in urban conditions. The
fact that shelters are overcrowded is not suitable for these animals as well well.
In o
rder to protect them from the tragic death of starvation, the authors decided to de-
velop an intelligent system for feeding stray animals. The system makes it possible to
recognize an animal and dispense the appropriate amount of food for it, taking into ac-
count the species and size. This task is accomplished using convolutional artificial neu-
ral networks to analyze camera images. A Raspberry Pi minicomputer was used as the
computing platform. The device is energy independent. Powered by an in tegrated pho-
tov oltaic module, it does not require a permanent power source. This makes it easy to
station it in places where electricity is not directly available, such as parks. An addition-
al advantage of this device is its mobility – the food dispenser i s a dron e that is be able
to move around the area where it is currently located, as it is moving on wheels. This
allows the drone to change its position and operate over a larger area.
This paper presents the classification performance of four neural netwo
rks. The transf er
learning method was used to train the models. It allows adapting a pre pre-trained algorithm
in a completely new application. The Matlab environment was used to train the model,
from which the finished models were then exported to the general format for tra nsfer-
ring neural networks - ONNX. The trained algorithm was then implemented on a Rasp-
berry Pi single single-board computer equipped with an AI hardware accelerator - Neural
Compute Stick 2. The presented application fits into the idea of signal pr ocessing at the
edge (Edge AI).
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conference
21st International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2021
21st International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2021, 7 - 10 December, 2021
Proceedings Paper
STEF92 Technology
SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference
SWS Scholarly Society; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci & Arts; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; European Acad Sci, Arts & Letters; Acad Fine Arts Zagreb Croatia; Croatian Acad Sci
47-54
7 - 10 December, 2021
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smart; dispenser; stray; animals; networks