A parallel processing architecture for sensor-based control of intelligent mobile robots

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 235-257

  Hu, Huosheng ^a   Brady, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Architecture; Communication; Intelligent control; Mobile robots; Parallel processing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; NAVIGATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS;

HYBRID CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; INTELLIGENT MOBILE ROBOTS; SENSOR BASED CONTROL;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0030171109     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8890(95)00070-4     Document Type: Article

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