Intelligent excavator control system for lunar mining system

Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 16-24

  Lever, Paul J A ^a   Wang, Fei Yue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; EXCAVATORS; FUZZY CONTROL; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MINING MACHINERY; MOTION CONTROL;

FUZZY LOGIC CONTROLLER; INTELLIGENT EXCAVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM; LUNAR MINING SYSTEM; VISION BASED HIERARCHICAL CONTROL;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 0029182526     PISSN: 08931321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0893-1321(1995)8:1(16)     Document Type: Article

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