Remote Controlled Wheeled Mobile Robot for Humanitarian Demining Purposes

Abstract:

There are millions of lethal land-mines that have been left in many countries after conflicts. They represent a particularly acute problem in developing countries and nations already economically hard hit by war. The problem of unexploded mines has become a serious international issue, with many people striving to find a solution. These mines kill or injure thousands individuals each year, most of them civilians. This paper will present an extended work on a wheeled mobile robot for humanitarian demining.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 658)
• Pages: 618-625
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.658.618
• Online since: October 2014
• Authors: Ioan Doroftei*, Romain Malherbe, Gaetan Bred, Yvan Baudoin, Ionel Conduraru
• Keywords: Humanitarian Demining, Submunitions, Unexploded Devices, Wheeled Mobile Robot

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