Invasive Beetle Tracking

Our Development Time: 3 weeks
Equipment Used: Laser Cutter, FDM 3D Printer
Materials: Acrylic, OTS Bearings, Arduino Nano
Expertise Leveraged: Coding, CAD Design, Rapid Prototyping, Iterative Design

The Brief

Develop an initial prototype of a smart trap to help monitor and track invasive bark beetles.

Our Solution

We designed the proof of principle trap in CAD, then built it from laser-cut acrylic and 3D-printed parts with off-the-shelf bearings. A motor-driven belt and gear mechanism, controlled by an Arduino Nano, moves the internal panels. We developed the design through rapid, iterative prototyping.

The Impact

A functional proof of principle prototype was delivered to enable initial machine learning training & benchtop testing.

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