Seen from an end-customer perspective, current pest control manual practices are expensive and of low efficiency, as rats’ activity may be detected with many days or months of delay – with consequences for the rat proliferation. With Rat1, the pest control company can react instantly on rat activity and thereby hinder proliferation of rats. Pests, particularly rats, represent a real risk for public health due to their ability to carry and spread many human pathogens. Moreover, pests’ infestations are also costly for several businesses and sector, which can be closed for weeks. The fact that pest control is an essential part of Good Manufacturing Practice in sectors such as food and pharmaceutical segments from a hygiene, economic and regulatory point of view, creates a need for a better and more effective pest monitoring system.
The overall objective of the project was to assess the technological feasibility and production conditions for market demand for Rat1 system. In addition, we wanted to identify key requirements to be addressed in Phase 2, with focus on the cost benefit analysis of Rat1 and design a solid route-to-market leveraged by a strong stakeholder network.