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Drone-mounted camera can detect plastic landmines without an internet connection

Today's antipersonnel land mines are small and often have plastic casings that standard metal detectors cannot register.
IEEE

A 1.6-to-3.8GHz Reconfigurable FMCW Radar SoC with 81.5% Relative-Bandwidth PLL for Real-Time Life Detection in Disaster Response

Abstract: A 1.6-to-3.8GHz FMCW radar SoC for real-time non-line-of-sight life detection is implemented in 40nm CMOS. An 81.5% BW ring-VCO PLL with DTC achieves 29 ...
IEEE

A Physics-Informed Neural Network Framework for Real-Time Model Predictive Shape Manipulation of Deformable Linear Objects

Abstract: Shape control of deformable linear objects (DLOs) is a major challenge in robotics due to their high-dimensional, nonlinear dynamics and sensitivity to boundary conditions. Existing ...