Automated identification of partially exposed metal object

Automation in Construction

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 842-851

  Umetani, Tomohiro ^a   Mae, Yasushi ^b   Arai, Tatsuo ^c   Kumeno, Hironori ^c   Inoue, Kenji ^c   Takubo, Tomohito ^c   Niho, Hiroshi ^d  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d PCI/JGC Joint Venture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abandoned munitions; Automated excavation; Genetic algorithm; Object recognition; Pose identification; Range image

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ABANDONED MUNITIONS; AUTOMATED EXCAVATION; POSE IDENTIFICATION; RANGE IMAGES;

OBJECT RECOGNITION;

EID: 34249720983     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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