Mini-Flail Robot Desiqned to Destroy Roadside Bombs

摘要

Demining vehicles that use flails to churn the earth and destroy anti-personnel mines date back to World War II. Now, a Fredericksburg, Va.-based company has created a robot that will move ahead of ground troops and clear a three-foot wide path for them. The Protector mini-flail manufactured by HDT Robotics can be operated up to 1,300 feet away and is intended to destroy small mines and improvised explosive devices.