Synthesis of the system for detection of explosive objects on the base of an unmanned aerial vehicle

Abstract

The article analyzes explosive objects of various types and provides their characteristics. Their unmasking feature is the material of the main part (casing), it is noted that high-explosive mines are characterized by the use of a plastic casing, for fragmentation mines – a metal casing, and the most difficult to detect are mines with a plastic casing. Methods of detecting explosive objects compared to those currently used in Ukraine are considered. Unfortunately, given the scale of mined areas, they are ineffective, so it is obviously necessary to develop more effective solutions for their detection and neutralization based on modern achievements of technical progress. Foreign countries have developed and use modern mobile robotic complexes for demining based on unmanned aerial vehicles with various types of sensors installed on them. It is expedient to create a universal detection system that can be deployed on any helicopter-type unmanned aerial vehicle (quadcopter, multicopter), on which several detection sensors are installed at the same time for the purpose of reconnaissance of the mine situation, detection of mines and their remote destruction. The article proposes the synthesis of a system for detecting explosive objects based on an unmanned aerial vehicle with a thermal imager installed on it, in combination with a metal detector and a manipulator with explosives for remote demining. The parameters of detection of explosive objects, the type of sensor sensors and the main functions of the system are considered. The algorithm of actions of the operator of the system for detecting explosive objects is proposed.