Title :
Low-cost outdoor mobile robot: a platform for landmine detection
Author :
Wedeward, Kevin ; Bruder, Stephen ; Yodaiken, Victor ; Guilberto, Jose
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., New Mexico Inst. of Min. & Technol., Socorro, NM, USA
Abstract :
This paper considers the problem of developing a low-cost, rugged, outdoor mobile robot to serve as a landmine detection platform. The proposed solution consists of a simple four-wheel-drive skid-steer chassis, a low-cost multi-sensor navigation system, proximity sensors, and computers operating under the real-time (RT) Linux and Windows 95 operating systems
Keywords :
buried object detection; computerised navigation; military equipment; mobile robots; sensor fusion; Windows 95; detection platform; four-wheel-drive skid-steer chassis; landmine detection; low-cost multi-sensor navigation system; outdoor mobile robot; proximity sensors; real-time Linux; DC motors; Detectors; Landmine detection; Linux; Mobile robots; Navigation; Printers; Robot sensing systems; Sensor systems; Wheels;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1999. 42nd Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Las Cruces, NM
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5491-5
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.1999.867226
