ROBOVOLC: A robot for volcano exploration result of first test campaign

Industrial Robot

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-242

  Muscato, G ^a   Caltabiano, D ^a   Guccione, S ^a   Longo, D ^a   Coltelli, M ^a   Cristaldi, A ^b   Pecora, E ^b   Sacco, V ^c   Sim, P ^c   Virk, G S ^c   Briole, P ^d   Semerano, A ^d   White, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Hazards; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DOPPLER RADAR; GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; MANIPULATORS; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTIC ARMS; SENSORS; VIDEO CAMERAS; VOLCANOES;

GAS SPEED MEASUREMENT; INFRARED CAMERA; ROVER PLATFORM; VOLCANO EXPLORATION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0038284007     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910310473942     Document Type: Article

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