Maum AI fits a quadruped robot with a military metal detector and ground radar for a landmine-detection trial in Thailand

Korean AI company Maum AI showed a landmine-detection system built on a commercial quadruped robot at Physical AI Tech Week in Seoul on Oct 13-14, after delivering it as proof-of-concept equipment for field trials in Thailand, Robot Newspaper (irobotnews) reported, citing the company.

According to the report, the robot combines an upgraded metal-detector sensor from the Korean military's PRS-17KM mine detector with a civilian ground-penetrating radar that renders buried objects as 2D images, so that non-metallic mines can also be analysed, and the system was integrated in about five months.

Son Byung-hee, head of Maum AI's defence AI and robotics division, said a second proof-of-concept is being designed as a mass-producible product, with a modular payload that could later serve surveillance, reconnaissance and hazardous-object detection.

Maum AI is not yet profiled in MEKAWIRE's company database; in our coverage, legged robots for defence and safety work have so far come mainly from U.S. and Chinese makers, which makes a Korean software company integrating military sensors onto a bought-in quadruped a notable route into the segment.