Having Big Goals

Meagan Treacy on Treehugger reports on an ambitious goal of brothers Massoud and Mahmud Hassani:

The 10-pound, six-armed drone, flies over a field and identifies dangerous areas with GPS way points. The drone then gets down to 4 cm above the ground and uses a metal detector arm to detect mines. Any mines found are plotted on a map. 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 detonator is on a timer so that the drone is a safe distance away before it explodes.

The team has the ultimate goal of clearing the world of landmines in just 10 years.

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