Sensors and algorithms for small robot leader/follower behavior

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4364, Issue , 2001, Pages 72-85

  Hogg, Robert W ^a   Rankin, Arturo L ^a   McHenry, Michael C ^a   Helmick, Daniel M ^a   Bergh, Charles F ^a   Roumeliotis, Stergios I ^a   Matthies, Larry ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kalman filtering; Leader follower; Localization; Mobile robots; Path following; Pure pursuit

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KALMAN FILTERING; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; TRACKING (POSITION);

SENSOR PACKAGES;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0035758495     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.439967     Document Type: Article

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