Landmine Detection Robots Research Articles

A Review on Design and Characteristics of Landmine Detection Robot

A Review on Design and Characteristics of Landmine Detection Robot

IoT Based Landmine Detection Robot

This abstract summarizes an IoT- based landmine detection robot. The proposed system integrates Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and robotic mechanisms for efficient detection of landmines in hazardous areas. The robot employs sensors and data processing algorithms to identify potential landmines, transmitting real-time information to a centralized server. Through this approach, the robot enhances safety by minimizing the risks associated with manual demining operations. The system's performance is evaluated through field tests, demonstrating its effectiveness in accurate and timely detection of landmines.

Surveillance Robot for Landmine Detection

Abstract: Landmine detection robots are intended to cover as much of the landmine field as possible in order to detect landmines.The encountered landmines, along with the scanned and residual territory, are represented with millimetre precision on an interactive map. This study offers a prototype model of a land mine detecting robot that is strong while being affordable in cost and easy to handle. Graphic user interface is created for mapping landmines, displaying scanned and remaining areas, PID tweaking, and camera alignment.The emphasis is on controlling the differential drive robot in auto, semi-auto, and manual modes. The image processing technology is used to determine the precise position of the robot, which offers live reckoning feedback to the robot's dead reckoning servo control. A metal detector is a sensor that is used to detect landminesThe GUI, or graphical user interface, for the remote terminal computer essentially controls the robot.The procedure is simple, yet effective in achieving the intended results.The method is basic but strong and understandable in order to get the desired goals.

MILITARY BASED LANDMINE DETECTION ROBOTIC VEHICLE

A landmine is an explosive device which is concealed under the soil to destroy the enemy targets such as soldier, vehicle, tanks etc. Landmines in India are mostly planted in fields, forest, wells, water resources and energy production areas. The process of removing land mines from a soil is called Demining or mine clearance. In military operations, the deminig is done with help of the devices such as mine plows and blast waves. Sometimes specially trained animals also involved in the process of mine clearance. These existing method requires a lot of time to remove the landmine and which also involves loss of many lives during the demining process. To avoid the hazard the landmine detection robot is proposed which uses a ultrasonic sensor, metal detector and GSM module as a complementary tool for landmine detection. The robot is used to detects the position of the landmine and sends its GPS position to a web server through GSM.

Landmine Detector Robotic Vehicle

Nowadays, in countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq, land mines are posing a major danger to the lives of civilians. These mines are explosive devices that are designed to disable or destroy enemy targets and are typically hidden beneath the surface of the ground. Most land mines are placed just below the ground and are triggered by pressure or trip-wires. They typically contain a number of metallic components, which can be used to detect them. The mines that are set up during times of war may remain undetected for extended periods. The term "Metal Detector" implies that it can be done from a distance, allowing for a safer approach to locating landmines. Using a mine detection robot, soldiers can traverse mine-ridden areas without entering them, providing a secure and efficient way of landmine detection. Other methods, such as radar bullets, biological methods, and mechanical methods, are much risky and put soldiers' lives at risk. The Landmine Detection Robot, which utilizes both IoT and GPS technology, is a much safer option.

IOT based Land Mine Detection Robot

Such equipment is usually automatically blasted through pressure when a target steps on it or drives on it. Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing land mines from an area, while minesweeping describes the task of locating mines. Landmines are generally easy to lay and difficult and dangerous. They are harmful due to their unknown positions and are often difficult to detect. Although dimming has been given the highest priority, currently my clearing operation is a labor-intensive, slow, very dangerous, expensive and low technology operation. The current rate of human quarry is about 100 thousand per year. The idea is to build and develop an automated robot capable of detecting buried landmines and taking them from their locations, enabling the operator to control the robot from afar. The buried quarry is detected using metal detectors as most land mines have metal components. The robot will travel in a straight line route. The system allows the operator to stay at a safe distance by enabling the robot to safely control. Wireless control is for the safety of the operator, designed robots must be able to operate remotely, and is equipped with wireless data transmission capabilities.

Wireless Operated War Field Land Rover That Alerts On Sensing Planted Land Mines

Land mine detection is most crucial during ware fare to deploy armed vehicle drive in the enemy territory. These armed vehicle or Main battle tanks are used to follow the path of pilot tank operated manually to avoid damage/distraction of the battle tank and defence causalities of defence crews. In addition post ware fare the mines planted during war can be detected and diffused by deploying a mine detection robot, which can save civilian life to avoid human causalities. This research work proposed to have a proto type model of a land-mine detection robot (LDR), which can be operated remotely using Wi-fi. technology. The safety of humans was addressed and designed robot with special range sensors employed to avoid obstacles. Fabrication of this project prototype was done using lightweight temperature resistant metal. A Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor is employed, which identifies and broadcasts the present location of the robot. Path planning, obstacle detection and avoidance algorithms were used to control accurately and to navigation of the proposed path by avoiding obstacles. Arduino microcontroller is employed in this robot. The robot system is embedded with metal detector capable of sensing the landmine and buzzer from producing a warning alarm to the nearby personnel in that area. The locomotion of the robot is carried out by the DC motor. The robot is interfaced with the PC by deploying a ZigBee device. In this paper, a Metal Detection System with GSM technology has been presented. The system senses or detects a metallic object and sends an alert message in form of an SMS text to an embedded security GSM number for further actions

Investigation of Hybrid Locomotive Robot for Anti-Personnel Mine Detection

Most of landmine detection robots proposed so far have been strongly restricted from locomotion inside the mine field because they cannot cross over the mine. So we have proposed a mine detection robot with hybrid locomotion, which can enter inside the minefield with low ground surface contact, which can cross over the mine instead of changing its path and scan landmines directly using Electro Magnetic Induction sensor. The hybrid locomotion proposed in the robot uses the frame walking technique and the conventional wheeled locomotion. The robot switches over the locomotion mechanism from wheeled to leg when mine is detected and vice versa with a lead screw mechanism. The leg locomotion is achieved by frame walking technique where the two frames translate with the help of lead screw mechanism. A purpose of adopting this combination is to evade anti-personnel landmines which are relatively smaller in comparison to their anti-tank landmine counterparts. The robot initially starts in wheeled mode and upon detection of metal, pulls in the frame walking algorithm. The robot also deploys an obstacle avoidance algorithm when working in wheel mode.

Smart Manoeuvring in Mobile Robot for Anti-Personnel IED Detection

Most of landmine detection robots proposed so far have been strongly restricted from locomotion inside the minefield because they cannot cross over the mine. So we have proposed a mine detection robot with hybrid locomotion, which can enter minefield with low ground surface contact, which can cross over the mine instead of changing its path and scan landmines directly using EMI (Electro Magnetic Induction) sensor. The hybrid locomotion proposed in the robot uses the frame walking technique and the conventional wheeled locomotion. The robot switches over the locomotion mechanism from wheeled to leg when mine is detected and vice versa with a lead screw mechanism. The leg locomotion is achieved by frame walking technique where the two frames translate with the help of lead screw mechanism. Very purpose of adopting this combination is to evade anti-personnel landmines which are relatively smaller in comparison to their anti-tank landmine counterparts. With frame walking the robot passes over the mine instead of going around the mine. The robot initially starts in wheeled mode and upon detection of metal, pulls in the frame walking algorithm. The robot also deploys a obstacle avoidance algorithm when working in wheeled mode.

Motion planning for a landmine-detection robot

This article describes a landmine-detection system that contains a landmine-detection mobile robot and a following mobile robot. In this system, the landmine-detection robot goes ahead, and uses a landmine detector and a GPS module to find a landmine, records the coordinates of its location, and transmits these coordinates to the following mobile robot via a wireless RF interface. The following robot can record the location and orientation of the landmine-detection robot and all the landmines in the region. The following robot moves close to the landmine, and programs a path to avoid obstacles and landmines automatically. The driving system of the landmine-detection mobile robot uses a microprocessor dsPIC 30F4011 as the core, and controls two DC servomotors to program the motion path. The user interface of the landmine-detection robot and the following robot uses Borland C++ Builder language to receive the location data. In the experimental results, the landmine-detection robot records the location of landmines using a GPS module, and transmits the locations to the following robot via a wireless RF interface. The following robot avoids the landmines, and improves the safety of people or materials being carried through the landmine area.

A novel detection and navigation approach based on OWA fusion method

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to design and implement a landmine detection robot (Venus) equipped with three electromagnetic sensors and controlled by ordered weighted averaging (OWA) sensor fusion approach. Higher numbers of detected mines in a fixed time interval and lower total power consumption are the achieved goals of this research.Design/methodology/approachOWA sensor fusion is exploited for data combination in this paper. Unlike most other landmine detection robots, Venus has three electromagnetic sensors, the positions of which can be adjusted according to the environmental conditions. Also, a novel approach for OWA weight dedication using Gaussian distribution function is applied and the whole idea is evaluated practically in several randomly mined fields. Finally, for better evaluation, performance of Venus is compared with the other two landmine detection robots.FindingsThe simulation and experimental results proved that in a predetermined interval of time, not only total energy consumption is reduced, but also by expanding the surface and the depth of influence of electromagnetic waves, the number of detected mines is considerably raised.Social implicationsIn contrast to the regular demining process, which is relatively expensive and complicated, the landmine detection method proposed in this research is surprisingly simple, cost effective, and efficient. Therefore, it may be attractive for every company or organization in this field of research.Originality/valueThe paper describes research which implements and evaluates a novel control approach based on OWA sensor fusion method, a new way of using Gaussian distribution function for determining OWA weights, and also an adaptive physical configuration for sensors based on environmental conditions.

Humanitarian Demining Robot Gryphon – Current Status And An Objective Evaluation –

Abstract Mechanical systems or robots to assist landmine detection are expected to greatly improve quality of humanitarian demining tasks. These new systems could provide: i) safer operation; ii) advanced methods for automatic target recognition and discrimination; iii) consistent performance with less influence of “human-factors”; iv) better detection performance, i.e., higher probability of detection (POD) and lower false alarm rate (FAR); among others. However, despite many research/development efforts around the world, no practical landmine detection robot has yet achieved maturity for practical use. Nonetheless, the humanitarian demining robot Gryphon, which current status of development is described in detail, is close to meet the requirements for practical use. This paper analyses the results from latest on-site tests underwent by Gryphon in Croatia (2006, 2007) and Cambodia (2006), to make a critical and objective evaluation of its validity, and clarify the points that still require further development in order to realize a practical humanitarian demining robot