Autonomous vehicle navigation with real-time 3D laser based positioning for construction

Automation in Construction

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 261-272

  Beliveau, Yvan J ^a,b,d   Fithian, Jeffrey E ^c   Deisenroth, Michael P ^c  

^a Spatial Posihoning Systems Inc ^*  (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Construction; Control; Laser; Navigation; Path planning; Real time; Robotics; Three dimensions

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; CONSTRUCTION; END EFFECTORS; LASERS; MOTION PLANNING; PERFORMANCE; POSITION CONTROL; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AUTONOMOUS GUIDED VEHICLES; REAL TIME LASER BASED POSITIONING;

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030259273     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-5805(96)00140-9     Document Type: Article

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