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Paper analyses some most important characteristics that should be taken into consideration in building the robotic demining vehicle. Based on previous experiences from the development of demining technology the modular concept of the multipurpose vehicle and some its main functional parts are discussed. Such robotic vehicle can be used as general porter of various detection systems, tools for cleaning terrain as well as neutralization equipment. Further development towards partially autonomous system and some principal tasks of positioning in dangerous terrain are analyzed. The real construction of the vehicle equipped by the flailing mechanisms for mechanical activation of explosions is briefly presented.
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Štefan Havlık graduated in Mechanical and in Control engineering and received the (M.S.) degree from Czech Technical University, Liberec (1972). In 1982 he received the Ph.D. degree and the highest scientific degree Dr.Sc. (1994) from the Slovak Academy of Sciences, the scientific institution, where he works since 1977.
Within years 1991 and 1992 he has been appointed as invited professor at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL-DMT/IMT) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Currently he is head of the research department at the Institute of Informatics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.
– His research activities diverge from solving problems of advanced robotics, control to applications. His main contributions are oriented to the following topics:
– Mechatronic design and flexible structures
– Sensors and sensory equipment
– Applications of advanced robotics: precise assembly and welding, service operations
– Robotic tools for demining.
He is author more then 100 scientific papers in books, international scientific journals and conference proceedings. He was leading several research projects oriented to development advanced sensing and robotic systems for manufacturing (arc welding, assembly) or for humanitarian demining.
He is/was member of several professional organizations and committees under IARP, IMECO, IFAC or IFToMM.
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HavlÍk, Š. A Modular Concept of the Robotic Vehicle for Demining Operations. Auton Robot 18, 253–262 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-005-6838-5
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