Researchers developed a new remote-sensing drone that will help in detecting landmines that are hidden underneath the surface and may help in identification to avoid these bombs. A nonprofit organization developed this new technology using machine learning, and it may be a significant help to the Russia-Ukraine war, which is still a massive conflict now.
Researchers Develop Remote-Sensing Drones that Detect Landmines
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Researchers published a study regarding the use of drones and their application to detect landmines from underneath the surface, aiming to help map out places with hidden bombs and avoid human contact. The study was published in 2020, and it recently saw its practical use in Oklahoma, with Jasper Baur and Gabriel Steinberg leading the study.
Baur and Steinberg are also the co-founders of the Demining Research Community, a nonprofit organization that centers on humanitarian efforts focused on demining bombs. According to Scientific American, the team ventured to Oklahoma to test its development with its remote-sensing drones that aim to detect hidden bombs like landmines and such.
Its research took place at an "explosive-ordnance-disposal field laboratory" at Oklahoma State University.
Identifying Explosives Without Upclose Dangers
The team set up grids of landmines and munitions to train their drones, focusing on avoiding any human interaction or up-close experience that would lead to significant injuries or death. According to Interesting Engineering, the research focused on machine learning to help detect landmines and other bombs in the area.
The team achieved 92 percent accuracy with its technology in detecting hidden bombs, and the researchers said that it is a remarkable development from the manual demining efforts present now.
Interesting Engineering said that it may help Ukraine with hidden landmines scattered across the country.
Drone Technology and Landmine Detection
Wars surely get the better of humankind, and previous conflicts in history give the world a lesson on what it is like before, especially when the core of humanity is somehow missing during the dark moments in the past. Weapons of mass destruction often bring sorrow for all, with landmines being one of the nastiest bombs available in defense systems.
Not all landmines were accounted for during the early wars, and some are still buried underneath, waiting for their next victim to step on them and explode, with only one goal, and it is to bring destruction to all. However, certain technologies aim to remove it, with one example being the bomb-sniffing giant rats that will do the job for humans.
Another example would be a plant bionic development from MIT, which aims to detect bombs buried deep in the earth.
Technology gave the world a chance to avoid dangers or put any life out of harm's way, and one example would be UAVs like drones to help in these situations. Drones are the future, and they can both be developed to become weapons or surveillance tech, with their new application now aiming to help different units detect bombs from underneath.
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Written by Isaiah Richard
