Ukrainian developers have developed an innovative system for demining areas – instead of manhunters, a complex called Minect.ai will destroy entire areas. The complex will be able to explore up to one square kilometer of territory per day and clear its mines. Anton Gerasimenko, head of the Minect.ai project, said this.

The Minect.ai complex is an interaction of unmanned aerial vehicles, scanning equipment (ground-flying radars, metal detectors, thermal imagers, etc.) and software based on artificial intelligence. The operator will manage the complex at a safe distance from the minefield.

According to the developers, they are currently considering four drone concepts:

• the first two drones will fly alternately and map specific irregularities present in the area under study;
• the third drone equipped with a metal detector (or georadar capable of scanning the ground to a depth of up to 2 meters), a detailed map of the area, will examine objects for explosive hazards;
• Based on the results of the operation of three drones, the operator will have a complete map of the location of all objects in detail with technical characteristics. After that, the fourth drone will be launched – the minesweeper, which will detonate the mines.

“We understand that there may be information loss somewhere during the transfer phase from one drone to another. Roughly speaking, a mineral can be mistaken for a stone. That’s the problem. It is solved by raising the system’s so-called rigor parameter to objects. This means, for simplicity, that all objects that appear to be mines will be treated as mines by the system. And it will pop them by defaultAnton Gerasimenko, head of the Minect.ai project, said:

The developers are considering the option of detonating mines with metal rods – this will reduce the radius of fragmentation of fragments during detonation. To achieve 100% results, it is also possible to use ground-based systems – digging robots, which use a mechanical arm to inspect suspicious objects and detonate mines.

It is also planned to launch a mobile application that will help the main complex. With its help, local residents will be able to send photos of suspicious objects for analysis. This information will be sent to the operations headquarters and applied to the general map of the mines location.

Sappers operators will go through a two-month training in which they will learn how to properly launch drones and navigate the program. During the work, the specialist will be in a safe place, set certain parameters and press the necessary buttons. And the drones will fly around the area until the selected environment is completely cleared.

“Minect has two main missions – to reduce the cost of demining and increase its efficiency. First: Don’t be surprised, there is such a thing as demining economics. $30 to lay a mine, $3,000 to neutralize it. We want the cost of demining to be reduced by a factor of ten.Anton Gerasimenko, head of the Minect.ai project, said: