{"id":803,"date":"2025-11-01T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ios-robot.com\/?post_type=post_news&p=803"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:14:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T05:14:53","slug":"gichd-innovation-conference-2025%e3%80%80break-out-session-%e3%81%ab%e3%83%91%e3%83%8d%e3%83%aa%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e3%81%a8%e3%81%97%e3%81%a6%e5%8f%82%e5%8a%a0%e3%81%97%e3%81%be%e3%81%97%e3%81%9f","status":"publish","type":"post_news","link":"https:\/\/ios-robot.com\/en\/archives\/post_news\/803","title":{"rendered":"Participated as a Panelist in the Breakout Session at the GICHD Innovation Conference 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) is an international NGO based in Switzerland. It hosts a biennial global conference dedicated to innovation in humanitarian mine action and demining technologies.<\/p>\n

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IOS first participated in the GICHD Innovation Conference in 2023, delivering a brief five-minute Speed Pitch. This initial engagement led to a new connection with The HALO Trust, one of the world\u2019s largest international NGOs in humanitarian demining.
\nThis year, IOS was invited to join the Breakout Session as a panelist, marking a significant step forward in our involvement with the global mine action community.<\/p>\n

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The theme and purpose of the breakout session were as follows:
\nRobotic mechanization of signal excavation
\nCan demining accidents during manual signal excavation be reduced through efficient and effective robotic means? This session shares field experience and engineering innovation on mechanization and semi-automation, exploring how solutions can be advanced while staying affordable, adaptable, and sustainable.
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\nIn humanitarian demining operations, metal detectors are used to locate trace amounts of metal contained within landmines. When a signal is detected, the indicated spot must be manually excavated by deminers. This process is highly dangerous and, because of the required caution, extremely time-consuming.<\/p>\n

Recognizing the critical importance of automating this hazardous task, GICHD selected the robotization of signal-point excavation as one of the key themes of this year\u2019s conference. This topic aligns directly with the work IOS has been pursuing since 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","tax_news":[3],"class_list":["post-803","post_news","type-post_news","status-publish","hentry","tax_news-news","en-US"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t