Obstacle Avoidance with Ultrasonic Sensors

IEEE Journal on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 213-218

  Borenstein, Johann ^a   Koren, Yoram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE; ULTRASONIC RANGE FINDERS; ULTRASONIC SENSORS;

ROBOTS, INDUSTRIAL;

EID: 0023995860     PISSN: 08824967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/56.2085     Document Type: Article

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