A Robotic Solution to Safely Finding and Destroying Land Mines

Every year, thousands of people are killed or maimed because of land mines. Countless acres of land can’t be used to grow food because they are littered with these deadly mines. Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are working on a robotic solution that would be inexpensive enough for small towns and organizations to use. The project uses an autonomous robotic team - a rover that uses a metal detection system to detect the mine and a drone that will drop a payload on the mine to detonate it.