Across Kyiv, spot deminers are using robot dogs, from Boston Dynamics, to deal with unexploded ordnance. It allows human substitution and infiltration where other demining bots can’t go.
In addition to mines, with thousands of Ammo Every day on the front line in the south and east of Ukraine, fire was fired, the devastated soil is similar to that of the Marne in 1915. As at that time, there were a large number of unexploded ordnance Posted by Everywhere on the vast farmland, urban areas and Campaigns. The work of demining experts has already begun, and it is expected that their cleanup will continue as long as their predecessors after World War II. Among the demining companies commissioned by the Ukrainian authorities, there are American HALO Trust.
In addition to the usual demining robots, demining experts accompany the famous robot dog spot From Boston Dynamics. His hunting ground is now available Kyiv. He must expel Russian shells and unexploded cluster munitions. use Robot So as not to endanger humans is part of the hallmarks of the models designed by Boston Dynamics. Spot has been practicing this search for explosives for a year. He has tested recovering cases that are similar to these cluster munitions and the results are convincing, because he has now found himself working. In Ukraine, the robot can also be used to recover the fearsome Russian POM-3 anti-personnel mines. thrown from launcher or a PlanesThese mines detect the presence of a person or vehicle a few meters away and send an explosive device in it.air To do maximum damage.
Specialist in Russian cluster munitions
In the field, it is dispatched like any human demining agent in contact with explosives. The robot deploys a robotic arm placed above its head to move ammunition into pits containing other explosives. After stacking 50 to 100 shells, deminers blast everything to safety. Currently, the robot is accompanying one of the 10 HALO teams deployed in Bucha and Brovary whose names have become infamous.
Apart from Spot, the demining workers Other robots are also operating in the field, with machines that cut potential trigger cables, or circle radars to survey the ground. Robots specifically designed for these tasks, such as armored The seven-ton MV-4 is very effective, but in any case it lacks the agility of a place that can creep everywhere and even in the woods. This type of robot can also be used to clean houses besieged by the Russian army to sow terror among the residents. For now, with only one robot in action, that presence remains token, but the HALO Trust says it will be able to deploy dozens of robotic dogs in the near future using Strengthen from a squad
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