A Prototype Study of an Autonomous Robot Platform for Sewerage System Maintenance

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-331

  Kirchner, Frank ^a,b,c,d   Hertzberg, Joachim ^a,b,c,e  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FIT   (Germany)

^b GMD's AI Group   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active perception; Partially observable Markov decision problems; Robot control; Robot navigation

Indexed keywords

INSPECTION; MAINTENANCE; PIPE; REPAIR; SEWERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ACTIVE PERCEPTION; INCLINOMETER; ROBOT CONTROL; ROBOT NAVIGATION; SEWAGE PIPE;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0031247249     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008896121662     Document Type: Article

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