Development of mine hands: Extended prodder for protected demining operation

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-350

  Furihata, Naota ^a   Hirose, Shigeo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demining; Master slave hand; Mechanical

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DETECTORS; EXPLOSIVES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; ORDNANCE; TANKS (MILITARY);

DEMINING; LANDMINES; MASTER-SLAVE HANDS; MECHANICAL HANDS; UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE (UXO);

END EFFECTORS;

EID: 18744385516     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-005-6844-7     Document Type: Article

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