Ministry unveils mine-clearing robots for Afghanistan

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.

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