Mine sweeper, anti-terrorism

Deep memories of old teammates led the author of Dr. Nguyen Xuan Kieu (Institute of Engineering Engineering) to research and successfully manufacture the remaining mine detection device (car robot) after the war. pictures .

The feeling of soldier

Retelling the old story, Dr. Nguyen Xuan Kieu's eyes are still full. He could not forget the image of an engineer who gave up his life after a " trial " with a US bomb dropped in 1969 on the Vietnam battlefield. Not knowing this new technology, he made the bomb explode .

Then, on the days when I went to Laos to work, the soldier of the army Nguyen Xuan Kieu continued to witness the painful scene of his comrades when at the same time the explosive three-pin bomb exploded causing two soldiers to lose their legs on the spot. A painful flashback made him choke, it was also a time for him to be determined to do something to thank his teammates.

The methods of mine clearance have been done very hand-made so far, so when it comes to problems, it is difficult for human life to be preserved.'Why not design a tool to replace people to do such dangerous work?', This question goes into every sleep of him and his team.

Dr. Nguyen Xuan Kieu and the car robot (Photo: TTO)

Just mine and fight terrorism

After referring to the robot models in the world, Nguyen Xuan Kieu's research team started working on the work. Dr Kieu said that the mine detection system has now been completed.

The structure of the system consists of a crawler unit that allows the robot to cross obstacles, sensors used to automatically identify mines and explosive objects as well as spray water and mark mine locations.

The robot arm can pick up objects weighing 20-30kg, and with a height of 1.2m, the explosive object will be moved to the required location. To ensure a safe distance for suspicious front duty personnel, the robot control will be performed through the control command creation unit (radio or wired).

'This mobile car robot can work in hazardous environment conditions that people cannot reach, by camera system will help to observe the required position, the movement speed of the robot is 20m / min and climbed a slope of 300 ' - Master Le Quoc Binh, a member of the research team, said.

However, the successful manufacture of car bombs and mines has not reassured the research team. Dr. Kieu said that his group is now completing anti-terrorism technology right on this mine-sweeping robot. According to his disclosure, after developing the complete car robot, it will be equipped with specialized technical equipment to perform some tasks to support anti-terrorism, handling objects (probably people, things) with signs of terror.

When this technology is completed, it will also be responsible for moving, releasing explosive objects, removing parcels, luggage . suspected of terrorism in public areas.'We will also install drilling machines to drill and destroy the structures with terrorist equipment to handle, and the equipment will be arranged with tear gas gun, water spray gun to disperse the crowd and attach equipment breaking mobile phone waves, ultra-high-frequency waves . ' - Dr. Kieu said.

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