Robot navigation by visual dead-reckoning : Inspiration from insects

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-47

  Srinivasan, M V ^a   Chahl, J S ^a   Zhang, S W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dead reckoning; Honeybee navigation; Image processing; Insect vision; Movement perception; Optic flow; Path integration; Robotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012528296     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001497000032     Document Type: Article

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