Abstract
Robotics systems can provide efficient, reliable, adaptive, and cost-effective solutions for the problem of landmines and unexploded ordnances contamination. To foster robotics research and its applications in the area of humanitarian demining, Minesweepers: Towards a Landmine-Free World was initiated in 2012 as the first outdoor robotic competition on humanitarian demining. In this competition, each participating team constructs a teleoperated/autonomous unmanned ground/aerial vehicle (UGV/UAV) that must be able to search for buried and surface-laid antipersonnel landmines. The position and the type of each detected object are visualized and overlaid on the minefield map. The robot must be able to navigate through rough terrain that mimics a real minefield. The fourth edition of the competition was organized in 2015 by the Universidad CatoÁlica del Norte in Chile. The ultimate goal of the Minesweepers competition is to put into practice the new strategic mission of IEEE, to foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity, and to serve as an educational and a research forum to provide efficient, reliable, adaptive, and cost-effective solutions for the serious problem of explosive remnants of war.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 7349339 |
| Pages (from-to) | 164-166 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2015 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Computer Science Applications
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering