Application of the Industry 4.0 paradigm to the design of a dual GPR system for Humanitarian Demining

The conditions of post-conflict zones are characterized by the presence of various kinds of hazards. Examples are unexploded ordnances, landmines, tripwires and, more recently, IEDs. To face the variability of possible hazards a multi-sensor system is considered an efficient solution. Ugo 1st is a robotic platform that includes many sensors: a UWB pulsed radar for detection, a holographic radar for classification and a PMD depth camera for soil surface analysis. The information from the three main sensors is complemented by other sensors, like accelerometers, temperature, gyroscope, etc. Data from main sensors are space and time correlated to achieve early detection of buried ordnance – e.g. landmines - while keeping safe from superficial dangerous obstacles - e.g. tripwires; classification of detected targets is then performed by imaging of holographic radar data. The integration of complementary data from different type of sensors in a single robotic platform enables the automatic positioning of possible targets with low false alarms rate.