Author:Dickens, JS; Green, JJ; Van Wyk, MADate:Jul 2011Underground mine automation has the potential to increase safety, productivity and allow the mining of lower-grade resources. In a mining environment with both autonomous robots and humans, it is essential that the robots are able to detect ...Read more
Author:Shahdi, ADate:Oct 2012In this presentation, the author outlines the application of an autonomous robotics platform in performing safety surveys and mapping of active mines.Read more
Author:Ratshidaho, T; Tapamo, JR; Claassens, J; Govender, NatashaDate:Oct 2012We present three approaches for ego-motion estimation using Time-of-Flight (ToF) camera data. Ego-motion is defined as a process of estimating a camera’s pose (position and orientation) relative to some initial pose using the camera’s image ...Read more
Author:James, S; Verrinder, RA; Sabatta, D; Shahdi, ADate:Oct 2012One of the major issues in the field of mobile robotics is localisation and navigation in an unknown environment. These tasks become even more challenging in an underground environment where no GPS signals or stationary landmark towers are ...Read more