Inexpensive semi-autonomous ground vehicles for defusing IEDs

Chris Davenport; James Lodmell; Phillip C. Womble; Alexander Barzilov; Jon Paschal; Robert Hernandez; Kyle T. Moss; Lindsay Hopper

doi:10.1117/12.782988

16 April 2008 Inexpensive semi-autonomous ground vehicles for defusing IEDs

Chris Davenport, James Lodmell, Phillip C. Womble, Alexander Barzilov, Jon Paschal, Robert Hernandez, Kyle T. Moss, Lindsay Hopper

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Proceedings Volume 6943, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense VII; 694307 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.782988
Event: SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are an important concern to coalition forces during the conflicts in the Middle East. These devices are responsible for many casualties to American armed forces in the Middle East. These explosives are particularly dangerous because they are improvised with materials readily available to the designer, and there is no systematic way of explosive ordinance disposal. IEDs can be made from things such as standard military ammunition and can be detonated with common electronic devices such as cell phones and garage door openers. There is a great need for a low cost solution to neutralize these IEDs. At the Applied Physics Institute we are building a single function disrupter robot whose sole purpose is to neutralize these IEDs. We are modifying a toy remote control car to control it either wirelessly using WI-FI (IEEE 802.11) or wired by tethering the vehicle with an Ethernet cable (IEEE 802.3). The robot will be equipped with a high velocity fuze disrupter to neutralize the IED as well as a video camera for inspection and aiming purposes. This robot utilizes commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components which keeps the cost relatively low. Currently, similar robot systems have been deployed in Iraq and elsewhere but their method of operation is such that it is impractical to use in non-combat situations. We will discuss our design and possible deployment scenarios.

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Chris Davenport, James Lodmell, Phillip C. Womble, Alexander Barzilov, Jon Paschal, Robert Hernandez, Kyle T. Moss, and Lindsay Hopper "Inexpensive semi-autonomous ground vehicles for defusing IEDs", Proc. SPIE 6943, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense VII, 694307 (16 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.782988

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