Robotic vehicle uses acoustic array for detection and localization in urban environments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4364, Issue , 2001, Pages 264-273

  Young, Stuart H ^a   Scanlon, Michael V ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Array; FCS; Physical Agent; Robot; Sensor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SENSORS; IMPULSE NOISE; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MOBILE ROBOTS;

ACOUSTIC DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS;

EID: 0035759120     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.439985     Document Type: Conference Paper

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