Laser radar in robotics

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 299-320

  Carmer, Dwayne C ^a   Peterson, Lauren M ^a  

^a ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; INSPECTION; MANUFACTURE; MILITARY ENGINEERING; NAVIGATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS;

AUTOMATED SERVICE VEHICLES; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATION; LASER RADAR;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0030080952     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.482232     Document Type: Article

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