"Miles behind the line of contact, Ukraine's supply runs are getting more dangerous. Defending troops take weekslong shifts on the "zero line" - a maze of scarred earth, trenches, and bunkers that face Russian drones and assault troops - and rely on provisions delivered by trucks that must navigate landmines and artillery fire. Such has been the norm in the war for years. But Russia has increasingly deployed a new tactic since this spring: Sneaking explosive-laden quadcopters behind the zero line and lying in wait to ambush those logistics vehicles."
"When a convoy approaches, these ambush drones can blindside their targets from as little as 30 feet away. Some of these quadcopters are solar-powered and can lie dormant, or can be unjammable, fiber-optic drones. It's turned the forward edge of the battle area into a smart minefield. In that vein, one startup founder thinks his rapid route-clearance solution is precisely what can help."
"V'yacheslav Shvaydak, the Ukrainian founder of Denmark-based drone firm Dropla, has been training his company's artificial intelligence algorithm to detect ambush drones lurking behind Ukrainian lines. His software, Blue Eyes, is designed to process video feeds from cheap quadcopters as they fly over supply roads in real time. Shvaydak's original vision was to have these drones scout the ground just ahead of a convoy, with Blue Eyes analyzing thermal and optical footage to quickly highlight anti-tank and anti-personnel mines shot over the frontline by Russia."
Explosive-laden quadcopters increasingly ambush Ukrainian supply convoys behind the forward "zero line", turning supply routes into a smart minefield where trucks must navigate landmines, artillery, and hidden drones. Some ambush drones are solar-powered, lie dormant, or use fiber-optic links to avoid jamming. Denmark-based firm Dropla developed Blue Eyes, an AI system to process real-time thermal and optical video from inexpensive quadcopters scouting just ahead of convoys to detect anti-tank and anti-personnel mines and concealed drones. Real-time simultaneous scouting is essential because threat conditions can change within minutes and delayed processing can render data unreliable.
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