Chemical, Biological, Radiological, & Nuclear Countermeasures
Improvised Explosive Device Defeat
Mapping Tunnels

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, & Nuclear Countermeasures

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5D has developed a CBRNE hazard detection kit that can plug and play a number of proven sensors. These include:
  • Explosive sniffers such as the ICXT Fido.
  • Radiation sensors such ICXT Identifinder and AMP 50
  • Chemical detection and analysis air sampling or RAMAN Spectroscopy such as the RAE Systems MultiRAE.
5D can also develop software drivers that allow the plug and play of additional hazard sensors. The 5D CBRNE kits can be used on manned and unmanned vehicles and can be carried by hand. Each 5D Surfer kit is self-contained and able to function independently to provide GPS, power, video, illumination, mesh communications, computing, analysis software, plug and play sensor functionality. The CBRNE kit includes a hardware interface plate that allows different kinds of connectors to be used with ease.

In addition, 5D provides tools for consequence management that allow the operator and decision maker to appropriate perspectives on how CBRNE threats are moving and/or changing. The 5D software automatically provides a real-time laser map as a backdrop for the hazard data and can also correlate this hazard map with aerial imagery or a satellite map. In addition, 5D provides tools for consequence management that allow the operator and decision maker to appropriate perspectives on how CBRNE threats are moving and/or changing. The 5D software automatically provides a real-time laser map as a backdrop for the hazard data and can also correlate this hazard map with aerial imagery or a satellite map.

Improvised Explosive Device Defeat

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5D has developed an explosive detection hazard detection kit that can plug and play a number of proven sensors for detecting and analyzing explosive threats. The kits include capabilities for scanning sensors and reaching out to a specified distance from an object to be sampled. By automating fine motor control necessary to achieve optimal results from the sensor, the kits allow users to reliably analyze chemical composition of a wide variety of substances and identify hazards from a standoff distance.

Within the display, the user can select an area for inspection using a target icon and the robot will move towards the target area. The user tasks the arm/sensor from within the video stream coming from the robot. The sensor indicates the selected spot in the real-world with a laser pointer that is visible in the video stream and the user can fine tune the precision of the aiming device by dragging and dropping the tasking icon. The arm automatically orients the sensor toward the identified spot in the video stream and, when necessary, the robot will drive and maneuver itself into position to enable the requested reach. The technology makes the user feel that they are driving the sensor, independent of the arm on the robot. In contrast, conventional robot arm operation is a difficult operation done by moving one or two joints at a time.

Mapping Tunnels

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5D offers a field-ready robot add-on kit that includes advanced laser-based mapping software including new enhancements for visualization, online map correction, integrated GPS and automatic seamless correlation with google maps and other terrain data. As part of the productization effort, we have developed a tunnel mapping add-on kit through partnerships with a number of leading industry partners who provide best in class commercial products for computing, GPS and inertial sensing. Each of these are essential for producing robust, accurate tunnel maps. Also, we partnering with leading robot manufacturers to demonstrate this on various small robots. The package includes an intrinsic link between GPS and laser-based mapping so that we can easily merge the map with aerial imagery. The mapping kit provides seamless zoom-in from a god's eye view in google maps into the tunnel map created on the fly.