Estimating the posture of pipeline inspection robot with a 2D Laser Rang Finder

IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 401-406

  Hu, Yuanyuan ^a,b,d   Song, Zhangjun ^a,b,c   Zhu, Jun ^a,c,e  

^a China Academy of Science   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Robotics and Intelligent System   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Laser Rang Finder (LRF); Pipeline detection robots; Point clouds

Indexed keywords

2D LASERS; 3D RECONSTRUCTION; GAS PIPES; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GLOBAL SYSTEMS; HDPE PIPES; INSPECTION ROBOTS; LIVE VIDEO; PIPE DEFECTS; PIPELINE DETECTION; PIPELINE INSPECTION; PIPELINE NETWORKS; POINT CLOUD; POINT CLOUD DATA; RANGE DATA; REGULAR INSPECTIONS; ROBOT COORDINATE SYSTEM; ROUND PIPE; TRANSFORMATION MATRICES; WATER PIPES;

HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; INSPECTION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LASERS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; PUBLIC UTILITIES; ROBOTS; WATER PIPELINES;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84870618239     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MFI.2012.6342999     Document Type: Conference Paper

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