System for Mine Prodding Monitoring

Abstract: Prodding is a procedure which is normally employed in the process of demining. Itis performed by probing the ground in order to detect the presence of sub-surfacemines and/or unexploded ordnances.The Swedish Armed Forces via SWEDEC runs a demining school in Eksjö.The demining school educates personnel from amongst others the Swedish PoliceService and the Swedish Armed Forces in courses involving demining. Prodding isa vital part of their training. The school has experienced problems with teachinggroups of students in prodding. This thesis is a system development of a proddingmonitoring system that will facilitate the teaching of the prodding method bysupervising groups of students individual prodding performances. The monitoringsystem is based on equipping prodders with sensors measuring their motion. Themeasured information is continuously and wirelessly sent from the sensors to asoftware system that visualizes and stores it in a database.