3-D position sensing using the differences in the time-of-flights from a wave source to various receivers

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 91-94

  Mahajan, Ajay ^a,b   Walworth, Maurice ^a,b  

^a Southern Illinois University Carbondale   (United States)

^b LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D positioning; Triangulation; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CALCULATIONS; ESTIMATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROBOTICS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS;

AUTONOMOUSLY GUIDED VEHICLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL POSITION SENSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE; TIME OF FLIGHTS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL REALITY CELL;

POSITION CONTROL;

EID: 0035245221     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.917087     Document Type: Article

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