ExpertiseTechnical Approach

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Range Sensor Brick for the Under-Vehicle
Inspection
Objective/Operational Capabilities

• Design a range sensor brick with a least possible
  height so that it can navigate through the entire
  under-vehicle without collision.
• Gather the data obtained from the under-vehicle
  scanning which could be helpful in reverse
  engineering of the automotive parts.
• The image obtained from the under-vehicle
  scanning can also be used for detecting the
  presence of the possible threat objects under the
  vehicle.
• The brick is capable of sending the range image
  and continuous line profiles in real time to the
  remote host so that quick decision making is
  possible.

Expertise/Technical Approach
Applications

• Reliable, prompt and easy method of under-vehicle
  scanning is possible with the range sensor brick.
• The brick can also be employed as a plug and play
  device in a mobile remote to help it in
  navigation by providing the real time 3D geometry
  of the path and the surrounding.
• Road profiling and terrain mapping are another
  areas where the range sensor brick can be
  operated to analyze the topography of the surface
  and help in digitizing the real world
  environment.
• Reverse engineering of different objects is
  another potential application field of the range
  sensor brick.

• The IRIS Lab has developed a robotic platform in
  the form of a low platform tracked wheeled robot
  which can use the sensor brick to carry out the
  inspection of the under-vehicle for the detection
  of the possible threat objects.
• The range sensor brick has been built using the
  Sick LMS-200 Scanner, Asus P4GE-VM Board, Linksys
  Wireless-G PCI card and Panasonic LCRA1212P 12V
  battery.
• The brick can be literally plugged into the
  low-platform robot and the latter can be
  navigated under the vehicle through a joystick
  controller to inspect for the possible threat
  objects.