Neural network-based target differentiation using sonar for robotics applications

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 435-442

  Barshan, Billur ^a   Ayrulu, Birsel ^a   Utete, Simukai W ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SONAR; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

SONAR SENSING; TARGET CLASSIFICATION; TARGET DIFFERENTIATION; TARGET LOCALIZATION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0034251099     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.864239     Document Type: Article

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