Rapid and accurate inter-robot position determination in robot teams

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 163-168

  Wu, Jason ^a   Chan, Winston K ^a   Thomas, Geb ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LIGHT EMISSION; MICROCONTROLLERS; PHASE MEASUREMENT; ROBOTS; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

ACOUSTIC POSITION MEASUREMENT; MICROPROCESSOR APPLICATIONS; ROBOT SENSING SYSTEMS;

POSITION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0035250054     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.903895     Document Type: Article

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