New traversability indices and traversability grid for integrated sensor/map-based navigation

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 121-134

  Seraji, Homayoun ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY SETS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LINGUISTICS; MOBILE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION;

TERRAIN TRAVERSABILITY;

SENSORS;

EID: 0037335628     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.10074     Document Type: Article

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