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Digger Foundation
The Digger Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation recognised as a public utility in Switzerland. It is based in Tavannes, in the Bernese Jura. The organisation promotes technical assistance projects in the field of humanitarian mine clearance. Operating under the name of DIGGER DTR, it develops, implements and markets mine clearance machines (demonstrating Swiss industrial and technological expertise) to assist mine clearers and significantly increase the efficiency of their work which is also made less dangerous and expensive as a result.〔(), An introduction to the Digger Foundation.〕
==History==
in 1998. Frédéric Guerne, an electronics engineer, had just finished a 2 year mine detection project with the EPFL. He later crossed paths with Michel Diot (Co-founder of the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action) who encouraged him to focus his efforts on designing and constructing a mine clearing tool to make the work of the mine clearers easier and safer. Frédéric Guerne teamed up with some 30 volunteers from a range of different backgrounds as part of this project.
Following some 15,000 hours of intense activity, the DIGGER D-1 prototype was finally put to use in the field. After this experience, the mine clearers wanted to go even further and develop the specifications. The aim now was not only to clear the ground of vegetation, but also to detonate the mines by turning the soil over. Achieving this took a further 3 years of development and a thorough redesign to create a machine with the necessary power. The organisation operated on an entirely volunteer basis for 6 years. However, the scope of the project required the organisation to gradually become more professional. For the last 10 years, Digger has been employing some 15 paid staff at the site of the former military arsenal in Tavannes.〔
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