Positioning and localization system for autonomous wheelchairs

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1555-1560

  García García, Juan Carlos ^a   Marrón Romera, Marta ^a   Mazo Quintas, Manuel ^a   Ureña Ureña, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; IMAGE SENSORS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; POSITION CONTROL; WHEELCHAIRS;

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; AUTONOMOUS WHEELCHAIRS; LOCALIZATION SYSTEM;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0036958070     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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