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

fYear

2012

fDate

22-23 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

48

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (ICRAI), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rawalpindi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4884-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICRAI.2012.6413408

Filename

6413408