Mobile-robot map building from an advanced sonar array and accurate odometry

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-36

  Chong, Kok Seng ^a   Kleeman, Lindsay ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FEATURE EXTRACTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; KALMAN FILTERING; MOTION PLANNING; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PATTERN MATCHING; SONAR;

COLLINEARITY CONSTRAINTS; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS; JULIER-UHLMANN-DURRANT-WHYTE KALMAN FILTERS; MAP BUILDING; PHANTOM TARGETS; SONAR ARRAYS; SPECULAR REFLECTION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0032735794     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02783649922066042     Document Type: Article

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