Inexpensive robot for remote detection of UXO

Joshua Galloway; Daren R. Wilcox

doi:10.1117/12.823842

30 April 2009 Inexpensive robot for remote detection of UXO

Joshua Galloway, Daren R. Wilcox

Proceedings Volume 7332, Unmanned Systems Technology XI; 73321Y (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.823842
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2009, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) Honors student developed a prototype for an inexpensive unexploded ordinance (UXO) seeking robot. The system provided functionality including: locating metallic landmines and UXO within a defined area/environment, recording the location of said landmines and UXO's, and storing the data off unit via an IEEE 802.11b/g connection to a Windows or Linux-based laptop computer. Application of the prototype and corresponding research may lend themselves to de-mining the more than 100 landmine/unexploded ordinance affected countries in the world particularly in desert terrain (US Department of State Fact Sheet, 2 July 2003).

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Joshua Galloway and Daren R. Wilcox "Inexpensive robot for remote detection of UXO", Proc. SPIE 7332, Unmanned Systems Technology XI, 73321Y (30 April 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.823842

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