Capstone Project

CluckAi

A brown chicken stands inside a greenhouse, captured in close-up with a wire netting visible. The sun casts shadows through the translucent roof, and a small hanging object is visible in the upper left corner.

Problem

Twenty-five percent of chicks that are raised to become egg-laying hens do not survive into adulthood. Threats to chicken health include disease, predation, overcrowding, heat stress, theft, and bullying from other chickens

Approach

The team performed qualitative interviews with farmers (n = >15) and visited multiple farms (n = 4) to understand farmer pain points. they also acquired two chickens to perform behavioral studies.

Solution

An IoT device with microphones continuously sends audio to the cloud where it is processed using Machine Learning to detect acoustic anomalies that may indicate the chickens are in danger.

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