Ukraine's military shared the demining technologies tested at UTTC Technology Week 2026. The 40-tonne ScanJack 3500 heavy demining machine and robotic platforms for urban operations were among the showcased systems, ArmyInform reports.
The combined heavy-machine and robotic-platform showcase fits Ukraine's broader shift toward remote demining, with the defenders emphasizing field experience over theoretical demonstration. Ukraine remains the world's most mine-contaminated country, with approximately 460,000 hectares of territory identified for clearance.
Practical goals from the showcase are to reduce risk to personnel, shorten survey and clearance times, raise situational awareness, and expand the share of dangerous work performed remotely, per ArmyInform.
ScanJack 3500 clears mines to 30–40 cm depth at walking pace
The ScanJack 3500 weighs nearly 40 tonnes and clears mines to a maximum depth of 30 to 40 centimeters. The machine operates at speeds between 0.2 and 1.5 kilometers per hour during demining and consumes 50 to 90 liters of fuel per hour, depending on conditions.
The operator works from inside an armored cab covered with steel paneling and bulletproof glass, controlling the system via a joystick. The Swedish-built machine carries two engines — one for the vehicle's drivetrain and one for the demining attachment.
Robotic platforms tackle urban demining in destroyed areas
Robotic platforms for searching, detecting, and destroying explosive ordnance were also showcased for use in hard-to-access urban environments such as destroyed settlements, industrial zones, and private-sector buildings. Work in urban conditions is jewelry-precise and super-dangerous because of mine-traps, trip wires, and rubble. The ground robotic platforms' main task is not only to neutralize explosives but to keep Ukrainian sappers out of immediate proximity to them.
In recent months, Ukraine has codified domestic ground robots specifically for sapper roles, including the NEO-1 modular platform and the upgraded Vepr ground robotic complex. The Defense Ministry's broader procurement target is more than 25,000 ground robotic complexes in the first half of 2026, which is twice as many as in all of 2025.
Shuvarskyi says showcase reflected operational practice, not theory
"What we presented at UTTC Technology Week was not theoretical projections, but real field experience of demining units," Colonel Oleh Shuvarskyi said during demonstration events.
Most demonstrated technologies have dual-use applications and can be deployed for both humanitarian demining and military mobility, engineering reconnaissance, remote inspection of dangerous territories, logistics, evacuation, and engineering tasks in combat areas.
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