Self-orienting with on-line learning of environmental features

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 535-566

  Li, Guang ^a   Lansner, Anders ^b   Svensson, Bertil ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomous mobile robot; Dynamic cell structure; Head direction drift calibration; Head direction system emulation; On line learning; Self orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032220601     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105971239800600308     Document Type: Article

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