Digital Entomologist
Solar-powered AI device monitoring insect populations in real time
Vision
Universal real-time biodiversity intelligence - every ecosystem continuously monitored, protecting pollinators and agricultural health globally.
Problem
Insect populations are declining globally yet monitoring is manual, sporadic, and lab-dependent. Farmers, conservationists, and policymakers lack real-time data on pollinators and pest species critical to food security.
Solution
A compact, solar-powered device with motion-detection camera, nRF5340 MCU, 4G, and cloud. It autonomously captures insect images, processed via YOLOv5/CNN trained on GBIF and iNaturalist for >90% species accuracy.
Potential
$10B+ global biodiversity monitoring market · 40% global crop yield depends on pollinators · Scalable across India, South Asia, and Africa · Government mandates for ecological monitoring growing.
Target Beneficiaries
Farmers & agricultural cooperatives · Forest & wildlife departments · Beekeepers · Environmental NGOs · Research institutions · Policymakers
Current Users
Deployed at IIT Ropar campus & 10+ countries; AWaDH pilot sites operational · Global Deployments: Pune (India), Ropar (India), Basel (Switzerland), Fraunhofer (Germany), USA, France, Australia, Idanha-a-Nova (Portugal), Netherlands.
