A modular computing architecture for autonomous robots

Microprocessors and Microsystems

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 349-361

  Hu, Huosheng ^a   Gu, Dongbing ^b   Brady, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomous robots; Modular architecture; Sensor integration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MODULAR ROBOTS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; TRANSPUTERS;

SENSOR INTEGRATION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 0032028329     PISSN: 01419331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-9331(98)00050-7     Document Type: Article

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