DocumentCode
496001
Title
Lean robotics for humanitarian mine sweeping
Author
Belotti, Vittorio ; Hemapala, Manjula U. ; Michelini, Rinaldo C. ; Razzoli, Roberto P.
Author_Institution
PMAR Lab., Univ. of Genova, Genova, Italy
fYear
2009
fDate
22-26 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
Abstract
The robot mine clearing, based on cheap farming equipment, aims at transforming the terrorist anti-personnel mine into useless practice, after that the land reclamation is readily fulfilled by standard means. The paper addresses the following lines: ldr to conceive and implement low-cost robotic equipment, assuring effective, safe and reliable demining; ldr to allow simple equipment integration, with resort to low-cost and widely available agricultural fixtures; ldr to provide the basis for on-duty assessment and training assistance by alarm (warning, emergency) effective management; ldr to make easier the operators groundwork, involved in self-learning and up-grading duties. The mixed-mode automation, through remote-steered robotic effectors, grants balanced resources use on the strategic, tactical and execution horizons.
Keywords
agricultural machinery; end effectors; industrial robots; landmine detection; agricultural fixtures; cheap farming equipment; humanitarian mine sweeping; land reclamation; lean robotics; low-cost robotic equipment; mixed-mode automation; on-duty assessment; reliable demining; remote-steered robotic effectors; robot mine clearing; safe demining; simple equipment integration; terrorist antipersonnel mine; training assistance; Disaster management; Educational institutions; Fixtures; Helium; Intelligent robots; Management training; Manufacturing; Robot sensing systems; Robotic assembly; Robotics and automation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Advanced Robotics, 2009. ICAR 2009. International Conference on
Conference_Location
Munich
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4855-5
Electronic_ISBN
978-3-8396-0035-1
Type
conf
Filename
5174768
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