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Robot Mine Smasher

Posted by Hemos on from the crack-smash-bushwhack dept.

A reader writes " Robotsotre had a link to a Japanese story about a new landmine-hunting robot that covers the mine with a protective dome and then smashes it with a high-velocity hydraulic piston. The company's called Cos Co, the robot is 3.5m long, and the cost about $75K (USD). Robot mine hunter does job quietly http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20020213wo71.htm Not that I know much about landmines, but does this mean the detonator cap is smashed without detonating? Or separated from the explosives before it can?" As this article also points out, this will help remove mines in Afghanistan, which after 20 years of war has more then a few around.

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  1. How 'bout 10Kg @ 3m/s in your face? by bartwol · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    That's a 10 kilogram hammer striking your face at 3 meters per second, after which you would ask, "Why was that so slow?"

    I don't think so.

    You may one day become a genuine skeptic if you can find a way to point that skeptical eye at your own uncritical thinking.

    <bart

  2. more then by taxman_10m · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    As this article also points out, this will help remove mines in Afghanistan, which after 20 years of war has more then a few around.

    You mean more than.