The British Army is testing a new device called the WEEVIL that turns any compatible armored vehicle into a robotic mine-clearing machine that can autonomously plow a minefield into a dirt road while ...

The Weevil device can be operated via remote control by a single person from several miles away. A robot mine sweeper is being trialled by the British Army to eventually clear explosives on the front ...

The Army already has an effective mine-clearing weapon—the M58 MICLIC rocket—but will use the drone to reduce the need for a human presence along the front lines. There remains an urban legend that ...