Robots and landmines

Industrial Robot

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 114-125

  Trevelyan, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MINES; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOTICS; SENSORS;

LANDMINES; ROBOTIC SOLUTIONS; SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SHEEP SHEARING ROBOTS;

ROBOTS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

GLOBAL LANDMINE PROBLEMS;

EID: 0030705403     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439919710165635     Document Type: Article

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