Feature extraction for autonomous navigation using an active sonar head

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 4, Issue , 2000, Pages 3823-3828

  Araujo, E G ^a   Grupen, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; BINAURAL SONAR HEAD;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EDGE DETECTION; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION PLANNING; NAVIGATION; SONAR;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 0033692399     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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