Autonomous operations in extreme environments: The AMICA case

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7737, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Di Rico, Gianluca ^a   Ragni, Maurizio ^a   Dolci, Mauro ^a   Straniero, Oscar ^a   Valentini, Angelo ^a   Valentini, Gaetano ^a   Di Cianno, Amico ^a   Giuliani, Croce ^a   Bonoli, Carlotta ^a   Bortoletto, Favio ^a   D'Alessandro, Maurizio ^a   Magrin, Demetrio ^a   Corcione, Leonardo ^a   Riva, Alberto ^a   Abia, Carlos ^b   Mancini, Alberto ^c   Busso, Maurizio ^c   Tosti, Gino ^c  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b INAF OA Padova ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; infrared imaging; robotics; software

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION PROCESS; ACTIVITY MONITORING; ANTARCTICA; AUTOMATED PROCEDURES; AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; INFRARED TELESCOPES; MULTIBAND; SAFETY RISKS; SOFTWARE; WHOLE SYSTEMS;

BUILDINGS; ECOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED DEVICES; OBSERVATORIES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; TELESCOPES;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

EID: 78049361962     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.856857     Document Type: Conference Paper

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