
The LIN demolitionmech autonomous minelayer, also known more simply as just the LIN demolitionmech or LIN mining droid, was a model of dome-shaped mining droid designed and manufactured by Cybot Galactica to plant explosives to blast away rocks and debris. They were also used to lay mines on battlefields and had protective shells to protect against explosions and falling debris. These shells did however slow the droid considerably, and they also suffered from vulnerability to moisture and damage to their treads.
The droids initially sold well, but after a mining accident was inaccurately blamed on a LIN demolitionmech the line's reputation was irreparably damaged and so the model was retired and the remaining stock sold off to the Galactic Republic for use in the Clone Wars. LIN mining droids would later see use by both criminal elements and the Galactic Empire.