A new approach to humanitarian demining: Part 1: Mobile platform for operation on unstructured terrain

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-321

  Debenest, Paulo ^a   Fukushima, Edwardo F ^a   Tojo, Yuki ^a   Hirose, Shigeo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Buggy; Combustion engine; Demining; Landmines

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMATION; COMBUSTION; EXPLOSIVES; OFF ROAD VEHICLES; REMOTE CONTROL; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

COMBUSTION ENGINES; DEMINING; LANDMINES; OFF-ROAD BUGGIES;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 18744373622     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-005-6842-9     Document Type: Article

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