6-Wheel Terrestrial Robot for Radiation Detection

The development of a 6-wheel remote controlled prototype robot is shown. The robot has two radiation detectors, a 1.5”x1.5” NaI scintillation detector and another Hyper Pure Germanium detector to identify radioactive sources. The robot has a 50Km away in line of sight. The purpose of the robot is to use it as a remotely operated unmanned vehicle for radiological monitoring and search for radioactive sources in case of emergencies. A robot trajectory map with the sampled points of radiological measurements is shown. The map is obtained from geographical-coordinates data of the GPS. A remote visual monitoring station is used for scenario incorporates the radiation data through an On Screen Display module.