A comparative drivability analysis for autonomous robots in underground mines using the entropy and SRM models

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 31-40

  Falola, Omowunmi ^a   Osunmakinde, Isaac ^b   Bagula, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b School of Educational Studies   (South Africa)

Author keywords

And robot; Drivability; Entropy; Mine; Navigation; Region detection; SRM; Underground terrains

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ENTROPY; MINE RESCUE; MINES; NAVIGATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

DRIVABILITY; IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; REGION DETECTION; SEGMENTATION PROCESS; STATISTICAL REGION MERGING; UNDERGROUND MINE ENVIRONMENTS; UNDERGROUND TERRAINS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84870584002     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2389836.2389841     Document Type: Conference Paper

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