The robot DustCart

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-67

  Salvini, Pericle ^a   Teti, Giancarlo ^b   Spadoni, Enza ^b   Laschi, Cecilia ^b   Mazzolai, Barbara ^c   Dario, Paolo ^b  

^a Polo Sant Anna Valdera   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c Center for Micro BioRobotics at SSSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WASTES; PUBLIC SERVICES; PUBLIC STREETS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

URBAN PLANNING;

ROBOTS;

EID: 79955566213     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2010.940153     Document Type: Article

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