Mines and human casualties: a robotics approach toward mine clearing

Masoud Ghaffari; Dinesh Manthena; Alireza Ghaffari; Ernest L. Hall

doi:10.1117/12.571260

25 October 2004 Mines and human casualties: a robotics approach toward mine clearing

Masoud Ghaffari, Dinesh Manthena, Alireza Ghaffari, Ernest L. Hall

Proceedings Volume 5608, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXII: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.571260
Event: Optics East, 2004, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Abstract

An estimated 100 million landmines which have been planted in more than 60 countries kill or maim thousands of civilians every year. Millions of people live in the vast dangerous areas and are not able to access to basic human services because of landmines’ threats. This problem has affected many third world countries and poor nations which are not able to afford high cost solutions. This paper tries to present some experiences with the land mine victims and solutions for the mine clearing. It studies current situation of this crisis as well as state of the art robotics technology for the mine clearing. It also introduces a survey robot which is suitable for the mine clearing applications. The results show that in addition to technical aspects, this problem has many socio-economic issues. The significance of this study is to persuade robotics researchers toward this topic and to peruse the technical and humanitarian facets of this issue.

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Masoud Ghaffari, Dinesh Manthena, Alireza Ghaffari, and Ernest L. Hall "Mines and human casualties: a robotics approach toward mine clearing", Proc. SPIE 5608, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXII: Algorithms, Techniques, and Active Vision, (25 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.571260

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