Concept scenario
Beehive External Thermal Health Monitoring
Scenario record: it defines the environment, the mission flow and a proposed hardware and software configuration. The list below is a configuration proposal, not an installation inventory. Field projects lists deployed systems and their measurements.
- Environment
- Outdoor field
- Operating mode
- Supervised autonomy
- Proposed robot
- Unitree A2
The problem addressed
Stress to bees from opening hives for inspection and colony loss risk during winter period.
Draft mission flow
- 1The robot moves silently between hive rows in the apiary; scans external surface temperature distribution of each hive with thermal camera.
- 2Winter bee cluster center temperature checked; low heat flagged as queenless or colony loss risk.
- 3Acoustic sensor evaluates colony stress level by listening to hive sounds; abnormal sound patterns elevated to alarm threshold.
- 4Hive-level health report transmitted to beekeeper management software; hives requiring urgent intervention listed.
Proposed hardware
- High Precision Radiometric Thermal Camera
- HD Optical Camera
- Acoustic Sensor
- RTK-GPS
Proposed software
- Navigation
- Low-vibration silent SLAM between hive rows in apiary area
- Model
- Hive Thermal Distribution Analysis (Winter Clustering, Queenless Hive, Disease Symptom)
- Integration
- Beekeeping Management Software and Maintenance Calendar
The robot's real operating limits
Unitree A2
Industrial Class Legged Robot
Product page- Ingress rating
- IP56-IP67
- Runtime
- >5 hours (No load) / >3 hours (25kg Load)
- Operating temperature
- -20°C to 55°C
- Payload
- 100 kg
- Max speed
- 5 m/s
- Climb
- 45°
Values are manufacturer data. Scenario fit is determined by comparing these limits with site conditions.
From scenario to installation
Feasibility is determined by the site survey: floor and route, network coverage, the charging point, intervention responsibilities and the conditions under which the robot must stop. The survey report defines the scope, the constraints and the commissioning steps.