Navigating a robotic wheelchair in a railway station during rush hour

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 711-727

  Prassler, E ^a   Scholz, J ^a   Fiorini, P ^b  

^a Forschungsinstitut fur anwendungsorientierte Wissensverarbeitung   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION CONTROL; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; RAILROAD STATIONS; WHEELCHAIRS;

INTELLIGENT WHEELCHAIR; ROBOTIC WHEELCHAIR;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0032665557     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02783649922066529     Document Type: Article

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