Integration of Multiple Sensors into a Robotic System and its Performance Evaluation

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 658-669

  Zheng, Yuan F ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOGIC DESIGN; SENSORS; SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND CYBERNETICS--HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LOGICAL SENSORS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MULTIPLE SENSORS INTEGRATION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SENSOR UNCERTAINTY;

ROBOTS, INDUSTRIAL;

EID: 0024754866     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.88083     Document Type: Article

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