AIDED

This project is about the use of Artificial Intelligence for the detection of explosive devices. The armed conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq or Syria have seen a dramatic rise in the use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and landmines by adversaries. In operations in those countries, 50% of soldier deaths in action are directly related to IEDs.

AIDED will use a set of state of the art Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms able to identify unconventional (IEDs) and conventional (buried mines) explosive devices, and autonomously plan offline and run-time missions plans. It will also provide positioning, navigation and mapping to control a fleet of robots that cooperate quickly to identify a safe passage in a high-risk area.

Project Publications

2024

  • K. Hasselmann, M. Malizia, R. Caballero, F. Polisano, S. Govindaraj, J. Stigler, O. Ilchenko, M. Bajic, and G. De Cubber, “A multi-robot system for the detection of explosive devices," in “IEEE ICRA Workshop on Field Robotics", 2024.
    [BibTeX] [Download PDF] [DOI]
    @inproceedings{Hasselmannetal2024ICRAWSFRO,
    doi = {10.48550/ARXIV.2404.14167},
    url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.14167},
    booktitle = {"IEEE ICRA Workshop on Field Robotics"},
    author = {Hasselmann, Ken and Malizia, Mario and Caballero, Rafael and Polisano, Fabio and Govindaraj, Shashank and Stigler, Jakob and Ilchenko, Oleksii and Bajic, Milan and De Cubber, Geert},
    title = {A multi-robot system for the detection of explosive devices},
    year = {2024},
    unit= {meca-ras},
    project= {AIDED, AIDEDEX}
    }

  • M. Kegeleirs, D. G. Ramos, K. Hasselmann, L. Garattoni, G. Francesca, and M. Birattari, “Transferability in the automatic off-line design of robot swarms: from sim-to-real to embodiment and design-method transfer across different platforms," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024.
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    @article{kegeleirs2024transferability,
    title={Transferability in the automatic off-line design of robot swarms: from sim-to-real to embodiment and design-method transfer across different platforms},
    author={Kegeleirs, Miquel and Ramos, David Garz{\'o}n and Hasselmann, Ken and Garattoni, Lorenzo and Francesca, Gianpiero and Birattari, Mauro},
    journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
    year={2024},
    doi={https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2024.3360013},
    url={https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10416330},
    publisher={IEEE},
    unit= {meca-ras},
    project= {AIDEDEX}
    }

2023

  • G. De Cubber, E. Le Flécher, A. La Grappe, E. Ghisoni, E. Maroulis, P. Ouendo, D. Hawari, and D. Doroftei, “Dual Use Security Robotics: A Demining, Resupply and Reconnaissance Use Case," in IEEE International Conference on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, 2023.
    [BibTeX] [Download PDF]
    @inproceedings{ssrr2023decubber,
    title={Dual Use Security Robotics: A Demining, Resupply and Reconnaissance Use Case},
    author={De Cubber, Geert and Le Flécher, Emile and La Grappe, Alexandre and Ghisoni, Enzo and Maroulis, Emmanouil and Ouendo, Pierre-Edouard and Hawari, Danial and Doroftei, Daniela},
    booktitle={IEEE International Conference on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics},
    editors ={Kimura, Tetsuya},
    publisher = {IEEE},
    year = {2023},
    vol = {1},
    project = {AIDED, iMUGs, CUGS},
    location = {Fukushima, Japan},
    unit= {meca-ras},
    doi = {},
    url={https://mecatron.rma.ac.be/pub/2023/SSRR2023-DeCubber.pdf}
    }

  • E. Ghisoni, S. Govindaraj, A. M. C. Faul{‘i}, G. De Cubber, F. Polisano, N. Aouf, D. Rondao, Z. Chekakta, and B. de Waard, “Multi-agent system and AI for Explosive Ordnance Disposal," in 19th International Symposium Mine Action, 2023, p. 26.
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    @inproceedings{ghisonimulti,
    title={Multi-agent system and AI for Explosive Ordnance Disposal},
    author={Ghisoni, Enzo and Govindaraj, Shashank and Faul{\'\i}, Ana Mar{\'\i}a Casado and De Cubber, Geert and Polisano, Fabio and Aouf, Nabil and Rondao, Duarte and Chekakta, Zakaria and de Waard, Bob},
    booktitle={19th International Symposium Mine Action},
    publisher = {CEIA},
    year = {2023},
    project = {AIDED},
    location = {Croatia},
    unit= {meca-ras},
    url={https://www.ctro.hr/userfiles/files/MINE-ACTION-2023_.pdf},
    pages={26}
    }

2022

  • E. Ghisoni and G. De Cubber, “AIDED: Robotics & Artificial Intelligence for Explosive Ordnance Disposal," in International Workshop on Robotics for risky interventions and Environmental Surveillance-Maintenance (VRISE), Les Bons Villers, Belgium, 2022.
    [BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]

    This paper presents an overview of the AIDED project on AI for IED detection.

    @InProceedings{ghisoni2022a,
    author = {Ghisoni, Enzo and De Cubber, Geert},
    booktitle = {International Workshop on Robotics for risky interventions and Environmental Surveillance-Maintenance (VRISE)},
    title = {AIDED: Robotics & Artificial Intelligence for Explosive Ordnance Disposal},
    year = {2022},
    month = jun,
    organization = {IMEKO},
    publisher = {IMEKO},
    address = {Les Bons Villers, Belgium},
    url = {https://www.ici-belgium.be/registration-and-program-vrise2022-june-7/},
    abstract = {This paper presents an overview of the AIDED project on AI for IED detection.},
    project = {AIDED},
    unit= {meca-ras}
    }

2021

  • Y. Baudoin, G. De Cubber, and E. Cepolina, “Mobile Robots Supporting Risky Interventions, Humanitarian actions and Demining, in particular the promising DISARMADILLO Tool," in Proceedings of TC17-VRISE2021 – A VIRTUAL Topical Event of Technical Committee on Measurement and Control of Robotics (TC17), International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO), Theme: “Robotics for Risky Interventions and Environmental Surveillance", Houston, TX, USA, 2021, pp. 5-6.
    [BibTeX] [Download PDF]
    @INPROCEEDINGS{knvrise,
    author={Baudoin, Yvan and De Cubber, Geert and Cepolina, Emanuela},
    booktitle={Proceedings of TC17-VRISE2021 - A VIRTUAL Topical Event of Technical Committee on Measurement and Control of Robotics (TC17), International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO), Theme: "Robotics for Risky Interventions and Environmental Surveillance"},
    title={Mobile Robots Supporting Risky Interventions, Humanitarian actions and Demining, in particular the promising DISARMADILLO Tool},
    year={2021},
    volume={},
    number={},
    pages={5-6},
    url={https://mecatron.rma.ac.be/pub/2021/TC17-VRISE2021-Abstract%20Proceedings.pdf},
    project={AIDED, Alphonse, MarSur, SSAVE, MarLand, iMUGs, ICARUS, TIRAMISU},
    publisher={IMEKO},
    address={Houston, TX, USA},
    month=oct,
    unit= {meca-ras}
    }