Phase II Automated Deployable Robust Training (ADROIT) System Selected for Award

Landmines represent a significant threat throughout the world. Landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) cause severe injury, death, and duress, often denying thousands of people access to their homes and land. Barron Associates is developing the Automated Deployable Robust Training (ADROIT) System, a comprehensive environment to train and deploy vertebrates to detect and mark landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) quickly and accurately. The ADROIT system is designed to be cost-effective, automated, flexible, scalable, modular, and robust, with a focus on training efficiency. Animals can be trained for a variety of field-use scenarios using the system. The Phase II ADROIT system will incorporate graphical user interface software featuring an automated scoring system to objectively measure a suite of metrics, including each individual animal’s accuracy, sensitivity, and detection speed.