Design, construction and testing of an autonomous mine hunter
By: Jeffrey A. Schmidt
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 45
Description: Landmine detection is a immense technological problem. A small low power metal detector would find application in concert with other search technologies. A detection circuit was designed and constructed consisting of a search coil and a CMOS exclusive OR gate forming an oscillator. This was interfaced to a microprocessor which counted the pulses from the oscillator and decided whether a detection had been made. Detection range for an anti-personnel mine like object was 14 cm at the coil centerline. A robot platform to autonomously search for landmines was constructed.
Notes: "December 1997."

Thesis advisor(s): Richard Harkins, Xiaoping Yun.

Thesis (M.S. in Applied Physics)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-44).

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