{"id":193030,"date":"2026-03-05T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/researchers-are-combining-drones-and-ai-to-make-removing-land-mines-faster-and-safer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T08:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:55:09","slug":"researchers-are-combining-drones-and-ai-to-make-removing-land-mines-faster-and-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/researchers-are-combining-drones-and-ai-to-make-removing-land-mines-faster-and-safer\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers are combining drones and AI to make removing land mines faster and safer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/researchers-are-combining-drones-and-ai-to-make-removing-land-mines-faster-and-safer-272248\">Researchers are combining drones and AI to make removing land mines faster and safer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/researchers-are-combining-drones-and-ai-to-make-removing-land-mines-faster-and-safer-272248\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/researchers-are-combining-drones-and-ai-to-make-removing-land-mines-faster-and-safer-272248<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-05 08:47:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>High Impact of Land Mines:<\/strong> Over 57 nations still possess antipersonnel land mines, leading to thousands of deaths and injuries, predominantly affecting civilians and children.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Emerging threats:<\/strong> The number of land mines continues to grow due to new conflicts, posing severe risks to civilians and communities returning to conflict-affected areas.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Innovative Research:<\/strong> Ph.D. students at the Imaging Science Department at Rochester Institute of Technology, including Emmett Ientilucci, are pioneering drone-based, multisensor imagery and AI techniques for land mine detection.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Current Limitations in Detection:<\/strong> Ground-based detection methods, like metal detectors or ground-penetrating radar, struggle in diverse terrains and conditions, making them inefficient and risky.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Drone-Based Detection Advancements:<\/strong> The team discovered that drones equipped with magnetic sensors can detect metallic targets with accuracy equivalent to ground-based methods while significantly increasing speed and safety.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Multisensory Approach:<\/strong> Utilizing complementary sensors like RGB cameras, thermal sensors, and radar enables the detection of various mine types and deployment conditions from the air.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Dataset Creation:<\/strong> The researchers have created a comprehensive multisensor dataset using a controlled test field and drones to address the lack of benchmark datasets in academic research. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Improving Reliability:<\/strong> The team developed AI model uncertainty metrics to aid in safer and more informed decisions made by deminers, especially in uncertain or challenging conditions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers are combining drones and AI to make removing land mines faster and safer 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