Drones vs Dengue: A Drone-Based Mosquito Control System for Preventing Dengue

摘要

Dengue is one of the most rapidly spreading diseases in Asia. It is transmitted by the bite of a female Aedes mosquito. Aedes mosquitoes breed in places with stagnant water. Unfortunately, some of these places are not often directly accessible to humans. However, drones can easily reach such locations from above ground. In this paper, we present a drone-based mosquito control system that is capable of identifying possible mosquito breeding grounds with the assistance of drones and taking suitable measures to prevent the growth of mosquito population. We also propose two algorithms to identify small-scale standing water bodies. Field tests and experimental evaluation show that our approach is highly effective in identification and neutralisation of those water bodies conducive to the survival of Aedes mosquitoes.