Landmine Detection Robotic Vehicle with GPS Positioning

This paper presented the design and implementation of a landmine detection robotic vehicle with GPS positioning. The proposed prototype integrates an Arduino UNO controller, metal/proximity detection sensor, ultrasonic obstacle sensor, GPS, GSM communication, Bluetooth control, LCD, buzzer, motor driver, and DC motors. The robot is designed to move through a suspected area while monitoring for metallic objects. When a possible mine is detected, the vehicle stops, provides an audible and visual warning, and communicates location information through the GSM subsystem. The experimental prototype demonstrates the basic feasibility of using a mobile robotic platform to reduce direct human involvement in landmine-searching activities. Its comparatively simple architecture and combination of detection, navigation, communication, and positioning functions make it suitable as a prototype for further research and development. For practical deployment, however, extensive field validation, multisensor detection, improved localization, robust autonomous navigation, and quantitative safety and detection-performance evaluation would be required.

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