We want to improve our detection methods. EMC detection allows us to fly higher with more accurate ground detection resulting in a quicker rate on mine field clearing. Batteries: Many of you have mentioned battery life as an issue, and we listened! For that reason we want to utilise Hydrogen batteries in our drones but to do this we need vital funds. Hydrogen battery powered drones can fly for up to 3 hours! After three years of work, we are proud to be back on Kickstarter to present the Mine Kafon Drone: an unmanned airborne demining system that uses a three step process to map, detect and detonate land mines.The Mine Kafon Drone is up to 20 times faster than currently available technologies. The Mine Kafon Drone (MKD) offers an innovative solution to land mine removal, providing a reliable demining system that delivers accurate updates and information on mine clearing operations. Presenting the Mine Kafon drone to Queen Maxima at the Singularity U expo in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

The Mine Kafon Drone flies over dangerous areas to map, detect and detonate landmines from a safe distance. The drone works autonomously equipped with three separate interchangeable robotic extensions. These three methodologies combined makes the MKD up to 20 times faster than traditional demining technologies. As well as being safer, it also up to 200 times cheaper. First the drone flies over the whole field with an aerial 3D mapping system to identify all the dangerous areas with GPS way points. Equipped with a robotic metal detecting arm the MKD hovers above the ground at approximately 4 cm to detect mines. Every detected mine is geotagged on the operator's system to construct a map of known mine locations. For the final phase of the process the MKD, attached with a robotic gripping arm, places a small detonator on every detected mine. The land mine is then detonated from a safe distance using a timer. There are 100 million land mines worldwide. Every day, 10 innocent civilians are killed or maimed by these explosives.

Today, land mines can still be found in more than 60 countries, constituting a significant risk to communities across the globe. In these countries, the victims are mostly civilians – children, women and the elderly – with tens of thousands of innocent people killed every year, and many more injured, serving as a horrific reminder of the past. Using current technologies, clearing or even detecting all land mines across the entire world would take over 1100 years. parrot ar drone afstandThe established processes are slow, dangerous and expensive, and completely unacceptable if we want to solve the problem in our lifetime.parrot ar drone sverige MKD offers a number of crucial advantages over the products currently used by demining organisations. ar drone 2 landing gear zip tie mod

What if we could wipe out all the land mines and explosives in less than 10 years? Growing up on the edge of Kabul in a little town called Qasaba in Afghanistan, Massoud and Mahmud Hassani, the brothers behind the Mine Kafon Drone project, experienced the horrors of land mines from an early age. These experiences fuelled Massoud Hassani to develop a solution for a safe and smart solution to detect and clear land mines. parrot ar drone 2 fnacFollowing Massoud’s first successful Kickstarter campaign in 2013, backed by 4200 backers from all over the world, the Mine Kafon Foundation was founded. parrot ar drone geschwindigkeitThe Mine Kafon Foundation is an R&D organisation based in the Netherlands. parrot ar drone indoor hull repair

In the past 3 years, Massoud and Mahmud have been raising awareness by giving lectures around the world and developing new approaches on how to fight land mines in different environments. In this way, they have crowdsourced many engineers and designers from all over the world and invited them to collaborate and volunteer on this humanitarian project. "So far, we have already developed several working prototypes of the Mine Kafon Drone. We have performed tests with the Dutch Ministry of Defense on their territory and spoke with their experts on demining difficulties. The Mine Kafon Drone is now ready for its next step." First flight with the robotic metal detector and the Mine Kafon Drone. robotic metal detector with integrated distance sensor and a gimbal. Real time stream of the GPS detections on the base station. Robotic gripper in action with the Mine Kafon Drone It is now time for a pilot study showcasing the MKD’s capabilities. This is crucial for the actual development and production of the Mine Kafon Drone because we need to prove to governments, the UN and NGOs that the MKD works as a reliable and unmanned demining system.

This also allows us to test different weather conditions and environments. Following these tests, we will be able to finalize details for the batch production of Mine Kafon Drones.With the Mine Kafon Drone we can save thousands of lives. Civilians will have access to agriculture, water resources, education, and the freedom to play outdoor sports. A billion people currently cannot move freely for fear of mines. Can you imagine that we could liberate these people in all affected countries with the Mine Kafon Drone? We need your backing to reach our goal in realizing the safety of people in need. By supporting the Mine Kafon Drone project, you will help the world get rid of land mines, save thousands of lives, rescue the affected natural landscapes and help build the economies for those in need. Join our Kickstarter campaign and spread the word. All your pledges will go directly towards developing the Mine Kafon drones. Thanks for your support for bringing this project to life. Batteries: Many of you have mentioned battery life as an issue, and we listened to you.