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oa Walking Hexapod for Demining Territory of Postwar Ukraine. General Recommendations
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, International Conference of Young Professionals «GeoTerrace-2023», Oct 2023, Volume 2023, p.1 - 5
Abstract
After the end of the war in Ukraine, a large part of the territory will remain mined. Most of them are apartment buildings and the areas around them, hard-to-reach places such as tunnels, ventilation shafts, and apartments, etc. Existing tools are specialized machines designed for demining in open areas or small wheeled/tracked robots that cannot climb stairs, up mines and vents, or overcome rubble or contaminated areas. Therefore, this paper proposes to use small-sized walking hexapod robots for demining operations in inaccessible places, as they have better cross-country ability and manoeuvrability and are able to overcome rubble and contaminated areas, as well as climb upward due to the friction forces of the limbs and the surface. This will enable the robot to monitor the condition of ventilation systems and tunnels, i.e. where humans cannot get in, which will additionally save their lives in the event of an explosion of dangerous objects. The construction of such robots requires an integrated approach, so this paper provides a list of recommendations that can be used to build a reliable and effective tool that can be used after the war to demine territories.
