Under the Sand: A UAV with Ground Penetrating Synthetic Aperture Radar

This novel flying system combines an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle with ground penetrating radar to detect buried objects such as landmines. The system stands out with sensor specific low altitude flight maneuvers and high accuracy position estimation. Experiments show radar detections of targets buried in sand.

Please view our accompanying Field Robotics publication:
https://doi.org/10.55417/fr.2022034

All flying system software components are available open-source! Have a look at:
github.com/ethz-asl/mav_findmine
github.com/ethz-asl/polygon_coverage_planning
github.com/ethz-asl/ethz_piksi_ros
github.com/ethz-asl/mav_gtsam_estimator
github.com/rikba/versavis/tree/feature/gnss_sync

This work was part of Project FindMine. A project initialized by the Urs Endress Foundation to develop new technologies for humanitarian demining. Have a look at the project page:
https://www.ue-stiftung.org/findmine

The system is further developed within the FindMine gGmbH company!

If you want to know more about humanitarian demining or support ongoing efforts please visit Fondation Suisse de Déminage (FSD)!
https://www.fsd.ch/