Modular Sensor System for IED Detection on Backhoe
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicular designs lack adaptability to address a wide range of threats, including Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), natural disasters, and humanitarian needs, and do not easily integrate explosive/landmine detection systems, posing challenges for military and civilian use.
Innovation Solution
A multitask vehicle with a modified frame assembly allowing quick addition and removal of secondary systems, including robotic and manual controls, gas indicator lights, and a sensor system for IED detection, capable of being adapted for various functions such as mine rescue and accommodating wounded individuals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a standard vehicular design is used, then the vehicle structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it lacks adaptability to address a wide range of threats including IEDs, natural disasters, and humanitarian needs
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle is designed with a universal platform that can perform multiple functions including military operations, natural disaster response, and humanitarian assistance. The standardized frame assembly and interchangeable secondary systems enable the same vehicle to adapt to diverse threats and missions without requiring completely different vehicle designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle system is divided into modular components: a standardized frame assembly and interchangeable secondary systems. This segmentation allows different functional modules (explosive detection systems, rescue equipment, communication systems) to be independently developed, tested, and swapped based on mission requirements, enhancing adaptability while maintaining structural simplicity.
2Reliability
If explosive detection systems are integrated into the vehicle, then detection capability is improved, but the vehicle structure becomes more complex and harder to modify
Solution Approach 1:
The standardized frame assembly is pre-configured with mounting interfaces and structural features that anticipate future attachment of explosive detection systems. This preliminary preparation allows detection systems to be quickly integrated without requiring complex structural modifications, maintaining both detection capability and structural simplicity.
3Loss of time
If the vehicle is designed for quick adaptation to different functions, then response time to immediate threats is reduced, but the manufacturing process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle utilizes standardized parameters and interfaces across all secondary systems, allowing quick reconfiguration for different functions by simply changing which systems are attached. This standardization enables rapid response to threats while keeping manufacturing processes relatively simple through repeated use of standardized components and mounting procedures.
Data Source
AI summary
A sensor system for detecting one of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), landmines or other buried explosives, the sensor system is mounted in place of a standard backhoe digging bucket of a backhoe vehicle. The sensor system includes a mounting portion having arc swing points for hanging the sensor system on a backhoe arm, and a holding pin opening for receiving a holding pin when positioned in a mounting position on the backhoe arm; and an electronic sensor wand arm assembly mounted to the mounting portion.