DocumentCode :
3270848
Title :
Geo-location of detected landmines via mobile robots equipped with multiple sensors
Author :
Jakkidi, Shweitha ; Cook, Gerald
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, USA
Volume :
3
fYear :
2002
fDate :
5-8 Nov. 2002
Firstpage :
1972
Abstract :
In the process of landmine remediation, it is necessary to determine the ground coordinates of the mines. This is needed for data association in the case of multiple looks by a single sensor as well as in the case of multiple sensors. It is also required for neutralizing the mine or marking it for avoidance. Earlier the work in this area treated the use of a single radar sensor. This has now been extended to include multiple sensors, forward-looking radar and infrared. It treats the process of combining these measurements for optimal estimation of the mine´s ground coordinates as well as tracking the status of each mine with respect to each sensor´s field of view. Results of simulations show significant benefits achieved by the use of the multiple sensors.
Keywords :
ground penetrating radar; infrared detectors; mobile robots; sensor fusion; weapons; data association; detected landmines; detected landmines geo-location; forward-looking radar; ground coordinates determination; ground penetrating radar; infrared; landmine remediation; mine marking; mine neutralisation; mine status tracking; mobile robots; multiple sensors; radar sensor; Antenna measurements; Coordinate measuring machines; Earth; Infrared sensors; Landmine detection; Matrix converters; Mobile robots; Radar antennas; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Vehicles;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
IECON 02 [Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE 2002 28th Annual Conference of the]
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7474-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2002.1185274
Filename :
1185274
Link To Document :
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