Development of an intelligent robot for an agricultural production ecosystem (VIII) - Improvement of predator-prey model and analysis of the activity of snail in paddy by image processing-

Abstract

The predator (Golden apple snail)-prey (rice or weeds) model developed in a previous research (Luna et al., 2008c) and the Simulink model constructed for image processing analysis were improved in order to observe and measure the activity of snails by calculating of speed of them using the AVI (Audio Video Interleave) files reported in earlier paper (Yamaguchi et al., 2008). The improved Predator -Prey Model are thought to be more realistic and the improved Simulink model is able to calculate the speed of two snails at the same time. By introducing these models into the intelligent robot, it will be able to calculate the activity of snails in paddy and determine the more appropriate time of picking up the snails and control the ecosystem of paddy field.