A semi-autonomous robotic airship for environmental monitoring missions

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 4, Issue , 1998, Pages 3449-3455

  Elfes, A ^a   Siqueira Bueno, S ^a   Bergerman, M ^a   Ramos, J G ^a  

^a Automation Institute   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRSHIPS; BIODIVERSITY; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SENSORS;

AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS; CLIMATE RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MISSION REQUIREMENTS; REMOTE MONITORING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; TARGET APPLICATION;

AIR NAVIGATION; ROBOTICS;

AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC AIRSHIPS;

EID: 0031625973     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.680971     Document Type: Conference Paper

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