An application of mobile robotics for olfactory monitoring of hazardous industrial sites

Industrial Robot

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-59

  Distante, Cosimo ^a   Indiveri, Giovanni ^b   Reina, Giulio ^b  

^a CNR IMM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical hazards; Condition monitoring; Hazardous materials; Intelligent sensors; Robotics

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MILITARY OPERATIONS; MOBILE ROBOTS; PIPELINES; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SENSORS; SMART SENSORS; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

AUTOMATED MONITORING; AUTOMATICALLY TRACKS; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; CRITICAL LOCATIONS; DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DIFFERENTIAL DRIVES; FLUID LEAKAGES; GAS LEAKS; HAZARDOUS SITES; HUMAN OPERATORS; IEEE 1451; INDUSTRIAL FIELDS; INDUSTRIAL SITES; INTELLIGENT SENSORS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MINE SWEEPINGS; MOBILE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; MOBILE ROBOTICS; MONITORING STRATEGIES; ODOMETRIC; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; SAFETY LEVELS; SENSING CAPABILITIES; STANDARD INTERFACES; STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTS; TRACKBALLS; TRANSDUCER ARRAYS; TWO STAGES;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 58349103485     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910910924675     Document Type: Article

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