Towards a Landmine-Free World
It stands in balance on just three legs against all the challenges… the broken chair, a symbol for struggling to live. It was built in 1997 by the NGO Handicap International the co-founder of International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), to urge all countries to sign the Ottawa Landmines Ban Treaty. The Handicap International decided […]
Great News! Minesweepers 2018 Regional Rounds | Latin America is here! Latin American countries have been suffering from landmines long time ago although most of them have signed the Mine Ban Treaty. Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Cuba, these countries are still contaminated by landmines and their government are struggling now to eliminate all […]
As a new step towards a landmine free world, Minesweepers Competition takes place this year at IROS 2018. The IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018) is the flagship conference in the field of robotics and the biggest international event in the field of robotics for researchers, companies and end-users. The conference […]
A war ends but its effects last! Peace agreements may be signed, but landmines and explosive remnants of war are still exists. It is estimated that there are 110 million landmines in the ground. Mines cost between $3 and $30, but the cost of removing them is $300 to $1000 and one deminer is killed […]
Can you live with a continuous FEAR? Do you afraid of dying because of a hidden killer that you can’t see! Imagine a killer that no one can see… a killer can kill or maim and no law can stop him! This killer is the Landmines and Unexploded Ordnances. Paul Jefferson, one of the earliest […]
