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As known to all, bats have a good echolocation ability to help themselves survive in nature. Blind humans can also use echolocation to guide themselves. We can use an acoustic radar system to simulate the echolocation process. The main purpose of this research is to develop the current acoustic radar system and test its behavior to prepare for further research in comparison between bats’ and human’s waveforms. A stable, reliable and well calibrated system is a fundamental to all further research related to acoustic radar. In addition, by conducting this research, more details about the performance and capability of acoustic radar could be found out. Furthermore, based on the current research, because blind human are also using echolocation to help themselves, further research could be conducted with the long term goal of developing a prosthetic to help improve their perception of the environment.