Multiobjective navigation of a guide mobile robot for the visually impaired based on intention inference of obstacles

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 213-230

  Kang, Dong O H ^a,b   Kim, Sung Hun ^h   Lee, Heyoung ^b,c,d   Bien, Zeungnam ^e,f,g  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY CONTROL; MOTION CONTROL;

BEHAVIOR-BASED NAVIGATION; INTENTION INFERENCE; MULTIOBJECTIVE DECISION MAKING;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0035281309     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008990105090     Document Type: Article

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