Laser-based corridor detection for reactive navigation

Industrial Robot

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-79

  Larsson, Johan ^a,b   Broxvall, Mathias ^b   Saffiotti, Alessandro ^b  

^a Atlas Copco Tools Central Europe GmbH   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automation; Mines; Navigation; Tunnelling

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DATA RECORDING; MINERAL INDUSTRY; MINES; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; CORRIDOR DETECTION; REACTIVE NAVIGATION; UNDERGROUND MINES;

LASERS;

EID: 38749109635     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910810843306     Document Type: Article

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