Fire-fighting mobile robotics and interdisciplinary design-comparative perspectives

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 369-376

  Pack, Daniel J ^a   Avanzato, Robert ^b   Ahlgren, David J ^c   Verner, Igor M ^d  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IEEE   (United States)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CONTROL THEORY; FIRE PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MECHANICS; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS;

DESIGN PROJECT; FIRE FIGHTING ROBOT DESIGN CONTEST; INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULA;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 4344567950     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2004.825547     Document Type: Article

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