Visual inspection of hydroelectric dams using an autonomous underwater vehicle

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 759-778

  Ridao, Pere ^a   Carreras, Marc ^a   Ribas, David ^a   Garcia, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED SOLUTIONS; BUNDLE ADJUSTMENTS; CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; FOUR-DEGREES-OF-FREEDOM; HYDROELECTRIC DAMS; IMAGE FEATURES; IMAGE SEQUENCE; MISSION CONTROL; NAVIGATION DATA; ONBOARD NAVIGATION; OPTICAL IMAGERY; PHOTOMOSAIC; ULTRA-SHORT BASELINE SYSTEMS; VISUAL INSPECTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

BLENDING; COMPUTER VISION; DAMS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; INSPECTION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; NAVIGATION; SUBMERSIBLES; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WATER CRAFT;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 78650163499     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20351     Document Type: Article

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