Robust localization of auditory and visual targets in a robotic barn owl

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 181-193

  Rucci, M ^a   Wray, J ^a   Edelman, G M ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER VISION; NEURAL NETWORKS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

OPTIC TECTUMS; ROBOTIC BARN OWL;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0033908277     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(99)00071-8     Document Type: Article

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