Designing robots to detect and deactivate landmines
There have been 122,000 landmine casualties since global tracking began in 1999, with 25% occurring between 2015 to 2018 and a substantial percentage children. Demining is currently a painstakingly difficult task, with the detection, cost, and human risk presenting significant challenges to creating safe and secure landmine-free communities. Robotics are uniquely equipped to handle dangerous tasks such as these, a fact...
