An autonomous robot equipped with the gps virtual reference station (VRS) system to perform pavement distress surveys

ISARC 2008 - Proceedings from the 25th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 141-147

  Chang, Jia Ruey ^a   Liu, Peter M ^b   Kang, Shih Chung ^b   Hsieh, Shang Hsien ^b   Huang, Tsun Cheng ^a   Lin, Ping Hung ^b  

^a MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autonomous robot; Global positioning system (GPS); Pavement distress survey; Virtual reference station (VRS) system

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SURVEYS;

DATA COLLECTION; INTELLIGENT DETECTION METHODS; LABOUR-INTENSIVE; MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATIONS; PAVEMENT DISTRESS; PAVEMENT STRUCTURES; POSITIONING SYSTEM; VIRTUAL REFERENCE STATIONS;

PAVEMENTS;

EID: 57849085564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3846/isarc.20080626.141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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