Excavator-mounted ordnance locating system using electromagnetic sensing technology

Automation in Construction

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 243-258

  Lorenc, Steven J ^a   Bernold, Leonhard E ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Remediation; Robotics; Unexploded ordnance

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BOMBS (ORDNANCE); LAND USE; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING TECHNOLOGY; ORDNANCE LOCATING SYSTEM; UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE (UXO);

EXCAVATORS;

EID: 0032075678     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-5805(97)00069-1     Document Type: Article

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