An autonomous all terrain robotic system for field demining missions

Mines deployed in post-war countries pose severe threats to civilians and hamper the reconstruction effort in war hit societies. In the scope of the EU FP7 TIRAMISU Project, a toolbox for humanitarian demining missions is being developed by the consortium members. In this article we present the FSR Husky, an affordable, lightweight and autonomous all terrain robotic system, developed to assist human demining operation teams. Intended to be easily deployable on the field, our robotic solution has the ultimate goal of keeping humans away from the threat, safeguarding their lives. A detailed description of the modular robotic system architecture is presented, and several real world experiments are carried out to validate the robot's functionalities and illustrate continuous work in progress on minefield coverage, mine detection, outdoor localization, navigation, and environment perception. Proposal of a new affordable, lightweight and autonomous all-terrain robot for demining operations.Complete description of the mechanical system and design of the modular robotic architecture.Validation of the robot's intelligent capabilities in outdoor experiments.Work in progress and lessons learned for minefield coverage, and mine detection.

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