Exploring search-and-rescue in near-Earth environments for aerial robots

IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 699-704

  Sevcik, Keith W ^a   Green, William E ^a   Oh, Paul Y ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL ROBOTS; BOMB DETECTION; ROBOTIC BLIMP; SERCH-AND-RESCUE;

BOMBS (ORDNANCE); RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; SEARCH ENGINES; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSORS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 27644452278     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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