findmine provides an autonomous drone platform that integrates ground‑penetrating synthetic aperture radar, linear scanning radar, and high‑sensitivity metal‑detector sensors to produce geo‑referenced 3‑D anomaly maps of buried mines and unexploded ordnance. The system streams processed data to a ground‑station analytics dashboard for visualization and GIS‑compatible export, allowing humanitarian demining NGOs and government agencies to conduct faster, safer, and lower‑cost clearance operations.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Millions of landmines and unexploded ordnance remain buried in post‑conflict zones, posing lethal risks to civilians, obstructing agriculture and infrastructure, and slowing economic recovery. Conventional clearance relies on manual probing or ground‑based sensors, which are slow, expose operators to danger, and struggle to cover large, hard‑to‑reach areas efficiently.
Solution
findmine delivers a non‑profit, UAS‑based mine‑detection platform that fuses Ground‑Penetrating Synthetic Aperture Radar (GPSAR), Linear Scanning Radar (LSCAN) and metal‑detector payloads onto autonomous drones. The system conducts high‑resolution subsurface surveys from the air, generating geo‑referenced signature maps that highlight probable mine and UXO locations. Integrated flight‑control software plans optimal survey patterns, executes autonomous missions, and streams processed data to a ground station where demining teams can visualize hotspots and export results to robotic clearance equipment. By removing personnel from the immediate hazard zone and accelerating area coverage, the solution enables faster, safer, and more cost‑effective humanitarian demining operations.
Target Audience
Primary customers are humanitarian demining NGOs, international demining agencies, and accredited government mine‑action programs that require scalable, low‑risk detection capabilities for large contaminated areas.
Features
- Modular sensor suite combining GPSAR, LSCAN, and high‑sensitivity metal‑detector arrays, interchangeable on a standard UAS payload bay.
- Autonomous flight planner with terrain‑aware waypoint generation and real‑time obstacle avoidance for reliable operation in rugged environments.
- On‑board signal‑processing chain that extracts subsurface dielectric contrasts and metal signatures, producing calibrated 3‑D anomaly maps.
- Ground‑station analytics dashboard offering heat‑map visualizations, confidence scoring, and export of GIS‑compatible datasets for integration with demining robots and EOD tools.
- Robust, lightweight hardware designed for field durability, low power consumption, and compliance with civilian aviation regulations.
- Proven performance in multi‑national field trials (Germany, Croatia, Portugal, Ukraine) with blind validation against known contamination zones.
- Open API for seamless data exchange with third‑party demining platforms and humanitarian‑action information systems.