Patent ID: 7921938

Claim:
A system [ 10 ] for rapidly boring through a material to a desired target location comprising: a) central command unit [ 6000 ]; b) a plurality of ground units [ 100 , 4000 , 5000 ] for boring a hole to a target location, each unit having a platform [ 1000 ], umbilical subsystem [ 2000 ], a boring subsystem [ 3000 ] with a boring head having a plurality of combustion driven pulsejets [ 3100 ], a plurality of sensors [ 1810 , 2810 ] and actuators [ 2100 ] throughout the system, and a computing unit [ 1910 ] adapted to operate in the following modes: i. an auto mode in which the computing unit [ 1910 ] of each ground unit [ 100 , 4000 , 5000 ] performs any sensing and actuating functions; ii. a remote-controlled mode in which the central command unit controls the computing unit [ 1910 ] and its sensing and actuation functions from a remote location; and iii. a mixed mode in which the computing unit [ 1910 ] of each ground unit [ 100 , 4000 , 5000 ] performs sensing and actuating functions, and the central command unit [ 6000 ] may remotely adjust or override the sensing and actuation functions.