![]() While losing technology is much better than losing lives, robots can be expensive, and their replacement can mean fewer funds going to other vital humanitarian programs. Robots, too, can be damaged or destroyed when they are deployed to detonate mines. When trained people or animals are dispatched to map or detonate mines, they face a serious risk of death or injury. Humanitarian efforts to address the threats posed by unexploded devices have often required the endangerment of humans or animals. ![]() 80% of those victims were civilians, and many of them were children. According to a recent United Nations report, 3,678 people were casualties of such devices in 2014. Land mines and other explosive remnants of war are a significant problem around the world.
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