Title :
GPS-based landmine detection system for multiple operating units
Author :
Dar, Salman-ul-Hassan ; Tanzeel, Z. ; Mahmood, Faisal ; Izhar, Umer
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mechatron. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Abstract :
This paper presents the design of a landmine detection system capable of detecting landmines, IEDs and UXOs. The System has the capability to identify multiple scanner operating units and relays the landmines detected by them onto the base station via Zigbee modules. An algorithm has been designed and tested to detect mines and plot their respective positions on the map. The route followed by the operating units is also indicated. The developed system offers flexibility and support for integration with UGV and robotic manipulator for future innovations.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; Zigbee; explosive detection; landmine detection; metal detectors; military computing; virtual instrumentation; GPS-based landmine detection system; Global Positioning System; IED; LabVIEW; UGV; UXO; Zigbee modules; base station; improvised explosive devices; multiple operating units; multiple scanner operating unit identification; robotic manipulator; unexploded ordnance; unmanned ground vehicle; Base stations; Detectors; Global Positioning System; Landmine detection; Metals; Wireless sensor networks; Global Positioning System (GPS); Improvised Explosive Devices (IED); Manipulator; Metal Detector; Proximity sensors; Unexploded Ordnance (UXO); Unmanned ground vehicle (UGV); Wireless Sensor Network (WSN); Zigbee;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (ICRAI), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rawalpindi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4884-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICRAI.2012.6413408