Saving lives and money with robotic trenching and pipe installation

Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 43-49

  Lee, Junbok ^a   Lorenc, Steven J ^a   Bernold, Leonhard E ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACTUATORS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EXCAVATORS; PIPELINE LAYING; ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

BACKHOE EXCAVATOR; PIPE MANIPULATOR; ROBOTIC TRENCHING; TRENCH BOX;

TRENCHING;

EID: 0033115078     PISSN: 08931321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0893-1321(1999)12:2(43)     Document Type: Article

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