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Field Robots

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Robotics Research

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics ((STAR,volume 6))

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Field Robots are machines that work in unstructured environments, including un- der water, in mines, in forests and on farms, and in the air. These applications involve both advanced ideas in robotics and careful attention to engineering details. This paper discusses the overall challenges of field robotics and the current state of the art. The paper is not a thor- ough survey, nor a tutorial; but is instead intended to serve as a discussion starter for further design and development.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Australian Centre for Field Robotics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

    Chuck Thorpe

  2. Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

    Hugh Durrant-Whyte

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  1. Dept. of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia

    Raymond Austin Jarvis

  2. Dept. of Systems Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

    Alexander Zelinsky

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Thorpe, C., Durrant-Whyte, H. (2003). Field Robots. In: Jarvis, R.A., Zelinsky, A. (eds) Robotics Research. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36460-9_22

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