Distributed surveillance and reconnaissance using multiple autonomous ATVs: CyberScout

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 826-836

  Saptharishi, Mahesh ^a   Oliver, C Spencer ^a   Diehl, Christopher P ^a   Bhat, Kiran S ^a   Dolan, John M ^a   Trebi Ollennu, Ashitey ^a   Khosla, Pradeep K ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic path planning; Motion detection with image mosaics; Moving object correspondence; Multiple autonomous vehicles; Object classification; Reconnaissance; Visual surveillance

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NAVIGATION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRACKING (POSITION);

MULTIPLE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0036817277     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRA.2002.804501     Document Type: Article

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