Sentences with phrase «to detect mines»
A prototype of Ted Cranford's noisemaker, which the Navy had hoped to use to detect mines through echolocation.
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Weetjens got a grant from the Belgian government to pioneer this technique in 1997 and now rats are being used almost exclusively in Africa to find and detect mines.
The major technical challenge in clearing minefields is detecting the mines.
Used as a messenger in World War I and II due to its ability to follow directions, detect mines, carry supplies, protect and follow trails.
In both the world war, they were used to detect mines.
Some of the dogs were trained as guard dogs and some even to detect mines or as guide dogs for the blind.
Finally, the drone flies back over the found mines with a robotic gripping arm that places a small detonator on top of every detected mine.
The drone then gets down to 4 cm above the ground and uses a metal detector arm to detect mines.