Author:Green, JJ; Bosscha, Peter A; Candy, L; Hlophe, K; Coetzee, S; Brink, SDate:Sep 2010Safety in mines is of paramount importance, especially in the labour intensive operations of South Africa, where upward of 300 000 people are employed on a daily basis in an environment that is inherently dangerous. On average approximately ...Read more
Author:Keaikitse, M; Govender, Nicolin; Warrell, JDate:Sep 2013Active object recognition aims to manipulate the sensor and its parameters, and interact with the environment and/or the object of interest in order to gather more information to complete the 3D object recognition task as quickly and accurately ...Read more
Author:Price, M; Green, J; Dickens, JDate:Nov 2011A method for generating 3D maps of mines with thermal imaging texture from a robotic platform is presented. The objective is to use these models to generate risk maps that can be used to assess mine safety. Analysis will take place offline, ...Read more
Author:De Ronde, Willis; Swart, JHDate:Nov 2016Building a robotic platform from raw materials can take anything from a few weeks to a few years to complete, depending on the complexity and size of the platform. This paper aims to introduce a novel approach of using abrasive waterjet ...Read more