Scale estimation by a robot in an urban search and rescue environment

Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) involves having to enter and explore partially collapsed buildings in search for victims trapped by the collapse. There are many hazards in doing this, because of the possibility of additional collapses, explosions, fires, or flooding of the area being searched. The us...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nanjanath, Maitreyi
Other Authors: Volz, Richard A.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Texas A&M University 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/519