“Dynamic Networking and Smart Sensing Enable Next-

Generation Landmines”

Presented by Bijendra Vishal

IEEE Pervasive Computing October-December  2004

The Main Idea : Future Landmines

• Networked communication• Embedded processing• Operating without external

infrastructure• Graceful degrading

Future Landmines : Self-Healing Minefield (SHM)

The Main Achievements•Autonomously identify and respond to an enemy attack within 10 seconds of a breach attempt or vulnerability in the minefield.

•Move an individual 2 kg prototype mine 10 meters in response to the breach

•Assure mine mobility in all environmental conditions and terrain where enemy tanks can operate.

•Rapidly assemble a scalable communication network and self-geolocate in 5-15 minutes.

•Provide robust mine-to-mine communication resistant to enemy countermeasures

SHM Pictures

SHM Hardware

SHM Software

Innovation

What’s so cool about SHM ?–Self Healing, of course!

•Network Reconfiguration•Mobility of Sensor nodes

–http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/SHM