Humanitarian mine detection six-legged walking robot COMET-II with two manipulators

Currently, more than 100 million anti-personnel mines are under the ground all over the world. These mines not only disturb the economic development of mine-buried nations, but also injure or kill more than 2000 people a month. As a result, the removal of landmines has become a global emergency. The Current method of removing mines manually is costly and dangerous. Moreover, removal of all mines by this method would require several hundred years (it takes one thousand according to CMAC report based on Cambodian Mine Action Center Current Activities 1998), during which time, more mines might be buried in war zones. Under this ultimate environment, a walking robot may be an effective and efficient means of detecting and removing mines while ensuring the safety of local residents and people engaged in the removal work. The present paper proposes a improved six-legged walking robot with two manipulators based on the added stability, mobility, and functionality that this platform offers. The author has already developed the six-legged walking robot mounted many external sensors. This robot is called COMET-II which means a full-autonomous obstacle avoidance robot or a semi-autonomous obstacle avoidance robot that requires the operator's intervention.