CoopShield: An IoT-Based Multimodal Environmental Monitoring and Safety System for Smart Poultry Farming

The main research and findings of CoopShield are connected with the creation of an inexpensive and low-latency multimodal automation system, which is capable of reducing risks for the poultry farming site in real time. The device can regulate the temperature, humidity, ammonia gas level, number of PPM in the air, and flock commotion noise as a sign of stress and bad conditions. It uses a single microcontroller (ESP32) to process this information and perform relay operations for the actuators. The main unique aspect of the developed solution is the implementation of a closed-loop system with events triggered in real-time for each particular actuator to reduce the danger for the flock. Additionally, the data from sensors are continually sent through Bluetooth to Blynk for plotting and additional analysis in the cloud. Thus, the created device is an easy-to-use smart technology for farming that provides safety for animals and automation of the process.