Abstract: Mosquito abatement districts performing adult surveillance face challenges of increasing labor costs in parallel to shortage in experienced personal. Repeatedly, majority of mosquito traps contain the same few common mosquito species, while still the technicians process manually each one of the insects, as they encounter the non-common species from time to time. A semi-automation technology for combining the advantages of having human in the loop as a content expert together with artificial intelligence and robotics can provide a powerful tool for enhancing the surveillance team performance by an order of magnitude. In the presentation, newest advances in robotic processing of mosquitoes will be shared, together with demonstrating how lab technicians work can be boosted to a whole new level with the introduction of new automation tools. Challenges of the development phase along with latest real-world results will be discussed. Join the presentation and stay updated with latest advances in robotics in the field of mosquito surveillance.
