Lidar design, use, and calibration concepts for correct environmental detection

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 753-761

  Adams, Martin D ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM ERRORS; RANGE FINDERS; SENSORS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE (AMCW) LIDARS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0034474575     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.897786     Document Type: Article

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