Localization for mobile robot teams using maximum likelihood estimation

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 434-439

  Howard, Andrew ^a   Matarić, Maja J ^a   Sukhatme, Gaurav S ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; IMAGE SENSORS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RANGE FINDERS;

LOCALIZATION; MOBILE ROBOT TEAMS; MOTION SENSOR;

MOTION PLANNING;

EID: 0036453115     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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