Capacitance-based sensor for monitoring bees passing through a tunnel

被引:27
|
作者
Campbell, JM
Dahn, DC
Ryan, DAJ
机构
[1] Univ Prince Edward Isl, Dept Phys, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada
[2] Univ Prince Edward Isl, Dept Math & Stat, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada
关键词
capacitance bridge; capacitance sensor; bee counter; counting tunnel; insect activity monitor; foraging dynamics; Bombus;
D O I
10.1088/0957-0233/16/12/015
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
A sensor has been developed to monitor objects passing through tunnels using a capacitance bridge. While the sensor concept is easily adaptable to a wide range of objects or organisms which pass through an enclosed area, our version of the sensor was designed specifically for monitoring bumblebee colonies. Other bee sensors have been developed based on optical methods of detection. The capacitance sensor provides all the information of the optical sensors and additional information on the bee size and velocity. The sensor is expected to provide entomologists with more efficient methods of studying the foraging activities of bees.
引用
收藏
页码:2503 / 2510
页数:8
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [41] Impact of calibrating a low-cost capacitance-based soil moisture sensor on AquaCrop model performance
    Adla, Soham
    Bruckmaier, Felix
    Arias-Rodriguez, Leonardo F.
    Tripathi, Shivam
    Pande, Saket
    Disse, Markus
    JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 2024, 353
  • [42] SOIL STRUCTURE AND TEXTURE EFFECTS ON THE PRECISION OF SOIL WATER CONTENT MEASUREMENTS WITH A CAPACITANCE-BASED ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSOR
    Singh, J.
    Heeren, D. M.
    Rudnick, D. R.
    Woldt, W. E.
    Bai, G.
    Ge, Y.
    Luck, J. D.
    TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASABE, 2020, 63 (01) : 141 - 152
  • [43] Capacitance-based sensor with layered carbon-fiber reinforced polymer and titania-filled epoxy
    Yan, Jin
    Downey, Austin
    Chen, An
    Laflamme, Simon
    Hassan, Sammy
    COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, 2019, 227
  • [44] Novel self-oscillating anemometer with capacitance-based sensing
    Kong, Y
    Tay, FEH
    Xu, Y
    MICROMACHINING AND MICROFABRICATION, 2000, 4230 : 84 - 88
  • [45] Design and investigation of negative capacitance-based core-shell dopingless nanotube tunnel field-effect transistor
    Apoorva
    Kumar, Naveen
    Amin, S. Intekhab
    Anand, Sunny
    IET CIRCUITS DEVICES & SYSTEMS, 2021, 15 (07) : 686 - 694
  • [46] Analysis of Negative Capacitance-Based Broadband Impedance Matching for CMUTs
    Rezvanitabar, Ahmad
    Arkan, Evren F.
    Degertekin, F. Levent
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL, 2021, 68 (09) : 3042 - 3052
  • [47] APPLICATION OF CAPACITANCE-BASED TECHNIQUES TO THE CHARACTERIZATION OF MULTIJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS
    Ruiz, Carmen M.
    Rey-Stolle, Ignacio
    Garcia, Ivan
    Barrigon, Enrique
    Espinet, Pilar
    Saucedo, Edgardo
    Bermudez, Veronica
    Algora, Carlos
    2009 34TH IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-3, 2009, : 213 - +
  • [48] A novel AC current source for capacitance-based displacement measurements
    Nerino, R
    Sosso, A
    Picotto, GB
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT, 1997, 46 (02) : 640 - 643
  • [49] A NEW RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM FOR USE WITH CAPACITANCE-BASED PROCESS TOMOGRAPHY
    ISAKSEN, O
    NORDTVEDT, JE
    MODELING IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL, 1994, 15 (01) : 9 - 21
  • [50] A Capacitance-based System Design for Measurement of Crude Oil Moisture
    Shi, Zhixue
    Zhao, Xudong
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED COMPUTER SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS, 2024, 15 (05) : 411 - 419