Safe and efficient autonomous exploration technique for 3D mapping of a complex bridge maintenance environment

Automation and Robotics in Construction - Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 99-104

  Paul, G ^a   Liu, D K ^a   Kirchner, N ^a   Webb, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bridge maintenance; Collision avoidance; Exploration; Inverse kinematics

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; INVERSE KINEMATICS; MAINTENANCE; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION PLATFORM;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ARM; AUTONOMOUS EXPLORATION; BRIDGE ENVIRONMENTS; BRIDGE MAINTENANCE; COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS; LASER RANGE SCANNERS; POSITION AND ORIENTATIONS; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS;

BRIDGES;

EID: 54249085131     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.22260/isarc2007/0020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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