Ministry unveils mine-clearing robots for Afghanistan
TOKYO, Japan - The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry unveils the six-legged robot ''Comet 2'' under development designed to detect and remove land mines in Afghanistan at an annex of the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 18. Comet 2 can detect ordinary mines as well as plastic ones which cannot be spotted by a metal detector with a sonic wave radar.
- Product Code
- ILEA001087746
- Registered date
- 2002/1/18 00:00:00
- Credit
- Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- 2002 Kyodo News
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- 1864 × 2431 pixel
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- 1.70(MB)*
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