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.

European Commission

Preparatory Action on Defence Research

2021 – 2023

1,5 M€

Enzo Ghisoni

Daniela Doroftei

Emile Le Flecher

Geert De Cubber

Project website

EDA website

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.
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  @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}
  }