Automatic self-installation and calibration method for a 3D position sensing system using ultrasonics

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 281-294

  Mahajan, Ajay ^a   Figueroa, Fernando ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; END EFFECTORS; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL SENSORS; POSITION CONTROL; ROBOTICS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AUTONOMOUSLY GUIDED VEHICLES (AGV); POSITION SENSING SYSTEMS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0032596010     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(99)00042-1     Document Type: Article

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