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LUCIE the robot excavator - design for system safety. / Seward, D. W.; Margrave, F. W.; Sommerville, I. et al.
Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE international conference on robotics and automation. Vol. 1 Minneapolis: IEEE, 1996. p. 936-968.

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Seward, DW, Margrave, FW, Sommerville, I & Morrey, R 1996, LUCIE the robot excavator - design for system safety. in Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE international conference on robotics and automation. vol. 1, IEEE, Minneapolis, pp. 936-968. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.1996.503897

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Seward, D. W., Margrave, F. W., Sommerville, I., & Morrey, R. (1996). LUCIE the robot excavator - design for system safety. In Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE international conference on robotics and automation (Vol. 1, pp. 936-968). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.1996.503897

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Seward DW, Margrave FW, Sommerville I, Morrey R. LUCIE the robot excavator - design for system safety. In Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE international conference on robotics and automation. Vol. 1. Minneapolis: IEEE. 1996. p. 936-968 doi: 10.1109/ROBOT.1996.503897

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Seward, D. W. ; Margrave, F. W. ; Sommerville, I. et al. / LUCIE the robot excavator - design for system safety. Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE international conference on robotics and automation. Vol. 1 Minneapolis : IEEE, 1996. pp. 936-968

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