Current research, key performances and future development of search and rescue robots

Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering in China

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 404-416

  Liu, Jinguo ^a,c   Wang, Yuechao ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Ma, Shugen ^b  

^a SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Current research; Development tendency; Disaster; Key performance; Safety; Search and rescue robot

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648820502     PISSN: 16733479     EISSN: 16733592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11465-007-0070-2     Document Type: Article

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