Autonomous Sample Collection Using Image-Based 3D Reconstructions

Sample collection is a common task for mobile robots and there are a variety of manipulators available to perform this operation. This thesis presents a novel scoop sample collection system design which is able to both collect and contain a sample using the same hardware. To ease the operator burden...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Torok, Matthew M.
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32163
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05032012-104351/