
launch platforms. The conceived surveillance mission could either continue until the
robot runs out of power or returns to the launch platform.
Figure 1. Conceptual Autonomous Robotic Mine Reconnaissance Mission.
[From Ref. 25]
b. Mine detection and removal/Explosives Ordinance Disposal.
The utility of a robotic platform is clearly obvious in the tasks of explosive
ordinance disposal and mine detection. The Talon robot built by the Foster-Miller
Company is used in the diffusing of mines and unexploded ordinance. The robot uses a
two-way RF link providing video and operator manipulability of the control arm. During
operations in Bosnia the Talon received extensive use and received generally high marks.
Mine detection schemes for use with robotic platforms vary from the use
of simple metal detectors for the detection of buried metallic mines to the current NPS
project of deploying a towed Seismo-Acoustic sonar behind a robotic platform.
Launch
Ashore
Search Pattern
Surf Zone
Short
Range
Forward
Looker
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Forward
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