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Mine Clearance in Vietnam 29th November, 2012
Mine Clearance in Vietnam: A proposal
James Harland
[email protected] of Computer Science and Information
Technology
RMIT University
Mine Clearance in Vietnam
Why?
Landmines are still a big problem in Vietnam
`The Robots are coming’ (or have already arrived :-)
RMIT has two campuses in Vietnam
RMIT is ‘global, urban and connected’
‘… should aim for a project of $10 million over 5 years …’
29th November, 2012
THINK BIG!
Mine Clearance in Vietnam 29th November, 2012
Landmines in Vietnam
42,000 people killed by landmines in the past 35 years (2009 study)
35% of land in six central provinces contain mines
In one district, 300 children killed and 58 blinded or lost limbs
65-70 million landmines worldwide
Mine Clearance in Vietnam 29th November, 2012
Detection and Clearance
iRobot “Quadcopters”
Mine Clearance in Vietnam 29th November, 2012
Next Steps
Mapping‘Virtualise’ results of 2009 survey by the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation and Vietnam's Ministry of Defense
Update via mobile phone
Detection Technology survey and analysis
Robots, bacteria, drones, radar, …
ClearanceTechnology survey and analysis
Mine Clearance in Vietnam 29th November, 2012
RMIT Vietnam
Initial contact made with Prof. Serge Demidenko Potential interaction with BOMICEN (Vietnamese
government mine clearance institute) and DSTO Maintenance and Training base?
Train clearance teams in up-to-date technologies Maintenance base for robots? Research base for robots and other
technologies?
Potential for major centre in mine clearance in SE Asia region (Laos, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, …)
Mine Clearance in Vietnam 29th November, 2012
Conclusion
Need to generate online map asap as a ‘kickstarter’
Seek funding for a needs analysis workshop Investigate technologies and techniques for
detection and clearance All interested are welcome to join Questions? …