Detection and removal of landmines is, at the present time, a serious problem of political, economical, environmental and humanitarian dimensions in many countries over the world.

The simplicity and cost-effectiveness of mines are major factors in explaining the widespread use of mines throughout the numerous countries that are now faced with dealing with landmines & explosive remnants of war (ERW) contamination problem.

These landmines make no distinction between friend or enemy, children or animals.

The civilian-purpose demining or humanitarian demining aims at finding and removing abandoned landmines without any hazard to the environment. While basic landmine detection and neutralizing theologies remain almost the same, landmine technology improved dramatically.

Moreover, the humanitarian demining activities carried-out to remove landmines and unexploded ordnances from the vast contaminated areas are not on the same level of the problem. More efficient ways to detect and locate landmines and UXOs are needed.

This is one of the main objective of Minesweepers competition.