Optical methods for soil parameter analysis: a step forward in humanitarian demining

Post-war demining of territories represents a global challenge. The existing methods, differing in technical implementation, cost, and efficiency, fail to fully meet United Nations standards and cannot currently address the global scale of the problem, necessitating further research. This task is further complicated by the diversity and complexity of mine structures and the varying environments in which they are embedded. Ukraine’s experience with innovative humanitarian demining methods is in its early stages but demonstrates significant progress, marked by experimental prototype testing. The emerging trends emphasize minimal human operator involvement through the semi-automated use of robotic systems, such as ground drones and helicopter-type unmanned aerial vehicles, with a focus on electPost-war demining of territories represents a global challenge. The existing methods, differing in technical implementation, cost, and efficiency, fail to fully meet United Nations standards and cannot currently address the global scale of the problem, necessitating further research. This task is further complicated by the diversity and complexity of mine structures and the varying environments in which they are embedded. Ukraine’s experience with innovative humanitarian demining methods is in its early stages but demonstrates significant progress, marked by experimental prototype testing. The emerging trends emphasize minimal human operator involvement through the semi-automated use of robotic systems, such as ground drones and helicopter-type unmanned aerial vehicles, with a focus on electromagnetic and remote sensing techniques. Optoelectronic sensor-based methods hold particular promise for the remote detection of mines and minefields. These methods leverage primary and secondary diagnostic features, with the methodological framework built on the principle that any explosive object in the soil constitutes an inclusion unrelated to pedogenesis. Such objects can be detected through detailed analysis of key soil phase parameters and inter-phase interactions. The behavior of these parameters differs significantly within the soil, at the contact boundary with the explosive object, and within the explosive material itself. This study investigates the classification of buried and surface-laid mines using optical methods based on their primary and secondary features. Identifying these features, combined with knowledge of the sensitivity range of optical sensors, will enable correlating the findings with the natural state of the soil and discerning the artificial origin of foreign objects.omagnetic and remote sensing techniques. Optoelectronic sensor-based methods hold particular promise for the remote detection of mines and minefields. These methods leverage primary and secondary diagnostic features, with the methodological framework built on the principle that any explosive object in the soil constitutes an inclusion unrelated to pedogenesis. Such objects can be detected through detailed analysis of key soil phase parameters and inter-phase interactions. The behavior of these parameters differs significantly within the soil, at the contact boundary with the explosive object, and within the explosive material itself. This study investigates the classification of buried and surface-laid mines using optical methods based on their primary and secondary features. Identifying these features, combined with knowledge of the sensitivity range of optical sensors, will enable correlating the findings with the natural state of the soil and discerning the artificial origin of foreign objects.

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  2025

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  International Conference on Correlation Optics

• Publication date

  2025-11-10

• Fields of study

  Engineering, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1117/12.3091678
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