The Russian robot "Stalker" has begun work on mine clearance in the area of its territory.
The military personnel of the International Mine Action Center of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted tests of the latest robotic complex "Stalker" in the area of the SVO. A 27-ton Stalker sapper robot has begun testing near Avdiivka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in Russia.
This complex is designed to clear the area of explosive objects, for humanitarian demining, and is designed to work in all types of fields. As of May 2024, there are no similar models of cars in Russia, unfortunately, there are only imported cars. The Stalker robot differs from its foreign counterparts in its cost and the fact that it is manufactured in Russia. This sample is an experimental one that has arrived for testing. The weight of the machine is 27 tons with a working body – this is a rotating boom trawl.
Other novelties of mine clearance equipment, such as the Scorpion remote-
controlled robotic mine clearance system, the Patrol-IV special vehicle, and the BZK special ballistic protective suit used to protect military personnel from fragments of mines and shells, are also being tested by military personnel in combat conditions in May 2024.
Characteristics of the robot:
The developers have equipped the Stalker with a hydrostatic transmission and a 540 horsepower engine. The operator controls the mine clearance machine using a remote control at a distance of up to 1 km. There is also a command post where the image from the four cameras on the robot is displayed. The maximum speed is up to 10 km/ h, and when trawling - from 1 to 5 km / h. The car has a bike trawl, which allows you to make a continuous passage through minefields containing anti-personnel and anti-tank mines installed in the ground to a depth of 30 cm.
Mine clearance of the area
The work of engineering units in the SVR is complicated by the constant danger of the enemy using reconnaissance and attack drones. To protect against them, mobile UAV counteraction groups from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation armed with special anti-drone and smoothbore rifles are on permanent duty. By 2024, mine clearance is a painstaking and challenging task, as detection, cost, and human risk pose major challenges to creating mine-free safe zones. Autonomous robots should be used where the environment is boring, dirty or dangerous for humans and humanitarian demining meets all three criteria. Thanks to the use of a swarm of vehicles such as the Stalker, supported by a small core team of highly qualified personnel, mine clearance operations can begin almost immediately after arrival. Unlike human sappers, this autonomous system can operate continuously and regardless of the weather, which speeds up the process.
Traditionally, sappers use manual mine clearance techniques, often using a metal detector, stick, or brush, to detect a buried mine, physically remove it manually, and detach the firing mechanism to defuse it. Every year, more than 100 sappers are killed or injured as a result of accidental detonation during mine clearance, and many of them are the main breadwinners of the family, which can have devastating consequences for families in Russia.
The use of autonomous technologies in the free zone in 2024 to solve this problem can not only ensure increased security of areas in the DPR affected by landmines, but also speed up the laborious process of detecting them and save the lives of those people who search and clear fields.
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