Arkhia: an autonomous ground-penetrating radar system
Principle
Arkhia deploys a structure equipped with a dense array of GPR antennas; it records continuous profiles across several dozen hectares per day.
The radar emits short electromagnetic pulses into the ground and receives their echoes: every buried structure returns a characteristic signal, allowing it to be mapped without any excavation.
Raw GPR Data
A robotised survey
To cover vast surfaces, the system is designed to be towed by next-generation autonomous tractors, akin to the agricultural robots deployed in fields today.
Precision agriculture meets archaeology: a regular, reproducible sweep at the scale of the landscape, in order to support archaeologists.