A Biologically Based Chemo-Sensing UAV for Humanitarian Demining

A Biologically Based Chemo-Sensing UAV for Humanitarian Demining

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Antipersonnel mines, weapons of cheap manufacture but lethal effect, have a high impact on the population even decades after the conflicts have finished.Here we investigate the use of a chemo-sensing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (cUAV) for demining tasks.We developed a blimp based UAV that is equipped with a broadly tuned metal-thin oxide chemo-sensor.

A number of chemical mapping strategies were investigated including two biologically Utensils based localization strategies derived from the moth chemical search that can optimize the efficiency of the Course a pied - Accessoires - Nutrition - Capsules detection and localization of explosives and therefore be used in the demining process.Additionally, we developed a control layer that allows for both fully autonomous and manual controlled flight, as well as for the scheduling of a fleet of cUAVs.Our results confirm the feasibility of this technology for demining in real-world scenarios and give further support to a biologically based approach where the understanding of biological systems is used to solve difficult engineering problems.