Multisensor demining robot

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-291

  Rachkov, Michael Yu ^a   Marques, Lino ^b   De Almeida, Aníbal T ^b  

^a MOSCOW POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chemical explosive sensor; Demining robot; Infrared detector; Metal detector; Pneumatic drive

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; INFRARED DETECTORS; METAL DETECTORS; PNEUMATIC DRIVES; REMOTE CONTROL; SENSORS;

CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVE SENSORS; DEMINING ROBOTS; LANDMINES; MULTISENSOR ROBOTS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 18744375728     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-005-6840-y     Document Type: Article

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