Issues in autonomous navigation of underground vehicles

Mineral Resources Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-324

  Madhavan, R ^a,b   Dissanayake, G ^a,b   Durrant Whyte, H ^a,b   Roberts, J ^b,c   Corke, P ^b,c   Cunningham, J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Ctr for Mining Technol and Equip   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0011110987     PISSN: 09506098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S095060989900030X     Document Type: Article

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