Optimized parametric calibration of autonomous vehicles

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4573, Issue , 2001, Pages 178-186

  Kedrowski, Philip R ^a   Reinholtz, Charles F ^a   Conner, David C ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous; Calibration; Dead reckoning; Mobile robot; Optimization; Systematic errors; UMBmark; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MOBILE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

PARAMETRIC CALIBRATION;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 0035764178     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457442     Document Type: Conference Paper

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