A six-legged robot-based system for humanitarian demining missions

Mechatronics

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 417-430

  Gonzalez de Santos, P ^a   Cobano, J A ^a   Garcia, E ^a   Estremera, J ^a   Armada, M A ^a  

^a Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Demining robots; Humanitarian demining; Landmine detection; Landmine location; Legged robots; Walking robots

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MICROMANIPULATORS; MICROSENSORS; ROBOTICS;

DEMINING ROBOTS; HUMANITARIAN DEMINING; LANDMINE LOCATION; LEGGED ROBOTS; WALKING ROBOTS;

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548228565     PISSN: 09574158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechatronics.2007.04.014     Document Type: Article

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