Autonomous robot manipulator-based exploration and mapping system for bridge maintenance

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 59, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 543-554

  Paul, Gavin ^a   Webb, Stephen ^a   Liu, Dikai ^a   Dissanayake, Gamini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D mapping; Bridge maintenance; Exploration; Laser range scanning; Robot manipulator

Indexed keywords

3-D MAPPING; BRIDGE MAINTENANCE; EXPLORATION; LASER RANGE SCANNING; ROBOT MANIPULATOR;

ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MAINTENANCE; MODULAR ROBOTS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BRIDGES;

EID: 79956129523     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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