APPLICATIONS OF AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS IN HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS: SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS

C. Balakrishna Moorthy∗ and S. Sivamani∗,∗∗

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