Active laser radar for high-performance measurements

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2, Issue , 1998, Pages 1465-1470

  Hancock, J ^a   Langer, D ^a   Hebert, M ^a   Sullivan, R ^b   Ingimarson, D ^b   Hoffman, E ^b   Mettenleiter, M ^c   Froehlich, C ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b K2T   (United States)

^c Zoller Fröhlich Z F GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; MOBILE ROBOTS; OPTICAL RADAR; PIXELS; ROBOTICS; SCANNING; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADAR IMAGING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AMPLITUDE MODULATED; ANGULAR RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL FIELDS; LOW-SPEED APPLICATIONS; MAXIMUM RESOLUTION; MOBILE ROBOT NAVIGATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE MATERIALS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT; MOBILE ROBOTS;

ACTIVE LASER RADARS;

EID: 0031634075     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.677311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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