Sustainable Robots for Humanitarian Demining

This paper proposes a roadmap for the application of advanced technology (in particular robotics) for the humanitarian demining domain. Based on this roadmap, a portable demining kit to handle urgent situations in remote locations is described. A low-cost four-wheel steering robot with a biologicall...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luis Correia, Jose Barata, Pedro F. Santana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-11-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
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Online Access:http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/sustainable_robots_for_humanitarian_demining