Measurement of the International Roughness Index (IRI) using an autonomous robot (P3-AT)

2009 26th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, ISARC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 325-331

  Chang, Jia Ruey ^a   Su, Yung Shuen ^b   Huang, Tsun Cheng ^a   Kang, Shih Chung ^b   Hsieh, Shang Hsien ^b  

^a MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autonomous robot; International Roughness Index (IRI); Pavement; ProVAL; Smoothness

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS; INTERNATIONAL ROUGHNESS INDEX; LASER RANGERS; LONGITUDINAL PROFILE; PROFILOMETERS; PROVAL; RIDE QUALITY; SMOOTHNESS;

INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; PAVEMENTS; ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84856514405     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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