Multi-arm mobile robot for hazardous nuclear decommissioning tasks

2006 Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Robotics and Automation in Construction, ISARC 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 231-236

  Bakari, Mohamed J ^a   Seward, Derek W ^a   Shaban, E M ^a   Agate, Rahee Y ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hardware integration; Kinematics; Nuclear decommissioning; Software architecture

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INVERSE KINEMATICS; KINEMATICS; MANEUVERABILITY; MANIPULATORS; ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

COOPERATIVE MANIPULATIONS; FORWARD AND INVERSE KINEMATICS; HARDWARE INTEGRATIONS; LANCASTER UNIVERSITY; MOBILE PLATFORM; MOVING VEHICLES; NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING; SIX DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM;

DECOMMISSIONING (NUCLEAR REACTORS);

EID: 51649123514     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.22260/isarc2006/0045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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