Low-cost backpack-portable robot system for mine and UXO detection and identification

Carl Vern Nelson; Adam K. Arabian

doi:10.1117/12.479129

13 August 2002 Low-cost backpack-portable robot system for mine and UXO detection and identification

Carl Vern Nelson, Adam K. Arabian

Proceedings Volume 4742, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets VII; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.479129
Event: AeroSense 2002, 2002, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) has developed a prototype backpack-portable robot system for mine and unexploded ordnance (UXO) detection and identification. The robot system is compact, lightweight and is estimated to be inexpensive to construct. The robot has been designed with an inexpensive, highly accurate, wide bandwidth time-domain electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensor for the detection and identification of metal components in mines and UXO. The robot can be configured for autonomous or person-in-the-loop control. The robot system can be configured with additional light-weight and low-cost mine and UXO sensors such as ground penetrating radar (GPR) and chemical explosive detectors.

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Carl Vern Nelson and Adam K. Arabian "Low-cost backpack-portable robot system for mine and UXO detection and identification", Proc. SPIE 4742, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets VII, (13 August 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.479129

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