Unstoppable Robot Eats Landmines for Breakfast

An operator commands this beast from a safe distance using a remote control unit. The hull of the robot is made up of hardened steel plates in a "V" shape to help limit any damage from antitank mines and unexploded shells of sizes up to 81mm, and the D-3 has been able to successfully ingest mines containing as much as 8 kilograms of explosive, which is nothing to sneeze at.

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+9 1. sunnydaze4me commented 10 years ago

That would work quite well to till my garden!
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+22 2. Baboon commented 10 years ago

Landmines: 1
Trees : 10

The robot is vegetarian
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+1 3. Burimi commented 10 years ago

it would be better to be used in agriculture.
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+7 4. MakeTnotWar commented 10 years ago

Is this usable on hills and in jungles? And how long would it take to make a country like say Cambodia mine free at this speed? Sadly, this thing is just a drop in the ocean.
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+14 5. MiniCray commented 10 years ago

#4
I don't think it's the main objective.
It will be use to clear a way in order to vehicles or pedestrians can move safefly.
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+2 6. huldu commented 10 years ago

The problem is obviously the price on that thing. Where it is needed the most they wouldn't even be able to afford it.
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+4 7. ModifiedGrays commented 10 years ago

This reminds me of the landmine clearing machine that was made on the show "Junkyard Wars" (Scrapheap Challenge for those in the UK). One of the teams built a machine that had a spinning drum with chains to hit the ground infront of the machine to trigger any landmines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapheap_Challenge
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+1 8. Judge-Jake commented 10 years ago

Well it sure beats sending our guys out with a trowel and a brush. Never mind the cost, get them made, get them bought, get them used. If it makes a branch of the Army redundant I would say that is progress. Landmines your days are numbered!!!!!
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+5 9. Xionbox (moderator) commented 10 years ago

#7 That's the kind of system my father and his military buddies designed during the Algerian war at the end of the sixties. They had to clear out roads in the early morning for the upcoming convoys. The mines were hand-made from usual barbecue gas tanks. It worked great until the guys placing them figured out the trick: they put the trigger three meters in front of the tank and my dad's buddy lost his legs.
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+4 10. nomoredavid commented 10 years ago

Here it is (the machine ) : http://dtr.digger.ch

Proud to be Swiss (in this case) :)
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0 11. drunkmonk commented 10 years ago

Nothing can stop it, nor trees, nor rocks, nor houses.

I bet this is what the future robots will use against us.
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+1 12. andreas0816 commented 10 years ago

Not a very new design: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Crab
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0 13. Gorf commented 10 years ago

#4 Landmines are intended to disable vehicles and people and for area denial. They are unlikely to be used in a jungle or a hillside, because people or vehicles are less likely to be there.