Mosquito Larvae Inhibitor

Abstract

Mosquitoes continue to bring innumerable cases of diseases which pose a great threat to people’s overall health and lives. People resort to fogging and other methods targeting the adult mosquitoes neglecting the larvae which can turn into mosquitoes. Moreover, these methods are also linked to environment and health negative effects. With this, researches had been utilising plants to produce natural larvicides which target larvae resulting in long-term solutions (Ynion,2013).To combat the said problem, this research study aimed to produce a prototype device that will provide a solution with the continuously increasing population of mosquitoes through robotics. Programmed by Arduino, this device will disrupt mosquito breeding site to prevent possible occurrence of reproduction processes. Construction of prototype device included two types: hardware robot-making and coding of the program module. Using Arduino Mega as the microcontroller, five (5) sensors (moisture, flow rate, pH, the temperature for water detection, and a light sensor for path detection) and motors for pumping larvicide, the hardware part was built. For the coding of a program module, Arduino Genuino1.8.1 software was used. After ten (10) trials, the results showed an over-all accuracy of 98.33%: a) 100% accuracy in the movement using line tracing method b) 100% accuracy in the effectiveness of sensors and motors c) 95% accuracy in the movement of the arm. Thus, it can be concluded the great potential of this prototype as a way of searching for solutions against the fast reproduction rate of mosquitoes to provide a safer and mosquito-borne diseases-free environment for people.