Design Optimization of Demining Excavator for Manufacturing, Considering Cost Effective Component Replacement and the Incorporation of Shielding to Protect Sensitive Elements

Demine机器人公司是一家位于安大略滑铁卢的加拿大初创公司。Demine使用机器人技术使人道主义排雷的最危险阶段更快、更安全。他们的技术允许排雷人员使用遥控工具而不是手工挖掘地雷和未爆炸弹药。排雷组织制造了一个杀伤人员地雷自动扩散器;然而，在与排雷人员和排雷技术专家进行了多次交谈后，人们清楚地认识到，更迫切的需要是找到一种更好的办法，从地面挖掘爆炸物。 Demine Robotics开发了Jevit -一种遥控排雷系统。该系统采用山猫MT 85作为基础平台，配备先进的4摄像头传感器控制系统，可在危险区域从安全的非现场控制位置使用。地雷挖掘机附件可以精确地从地面清除爆炸物，并安全地运送到处理地点。相互竞争的技术规模更大，成本更高，对正在清除的地区具有高度破坏性。 通过与兰顿学院的兰顿制造创新中心Demine合作的拟议项目，将对Jevit设计进行可制造性设计，重点是模块化、成本效益高的部件更换，或采用屏蔽来保护敏感部件。该项目的结果将使Demine能够扩大安大略南部的生产规模，为加拿大和该省创造就业机会和经济影响。

Demine Robotics Inc. is a Canadian start-up company based in Waterloo, Ontario. Demine uses robotics to make the most dangerous stages of humanitarian demining faster and safer. Their technology allows deminers to excavate landmines and UXOs (unexploded ordnances) using a remote-controlled tool, rather than by hand. Demine built a robotic anti-personnel mine-diffuser; however, after numerous conversations with deminers and demining technical experts, it became clear that the much more pressing need was a better approach to excavating explosives from the ground. Demine Robotics has developed the Jevit - a remote controlled landmine clearance system. The system utilizes a Bobcat MT85 as the base platform, with an advanced, 4-camera, sensor-enabled control system fitted to enable use in hazardous areas from a safe, non-line-of-site control position. The mine-excavator attachment allows precise removal of explosives from the ground, and safe transportation to a disposal site. Competing technologies are larger, more expensive, and highly destructive to the area being cleared. Through the proposed project in collaboration with Lambton College's Lambton Manufacturing Innovaton Centre Demine a design for manufacturability will be conducted on the Jevit design with a focus on modular, cost effective component replacement, or the incorporation of shielding to protect sensitive components.The results of the project will allow for Demine to scale up production in Southern Ontario, creating jobs and economic impact for Canada and the Province.