Capacitive sensor for object ranging and material type identification

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-104

  Kirchner, Nathan ^a   Hordern, Daniel ^a   Liu, Dikai ^a   Dissanayake, Gamini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacitive; Harsh environment sensing; Material type identifying; Ranging

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; RANGE FINDING;

AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; BRIDGE STRUCTURES; CAPACITIVE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; MATERIAL TYPES; OBJECT PENETRATING; STEEL BRIDGE MAINTENANCES;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS;

EID: 55349128871     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2008.07.027     Document Type: Article

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