Concepts for dynamic obstacle avoidance and their extended application in underground navigation

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-15

  Xu, Fuyi ^a   Van Brussel, Hendrik ^a   Nuttin, Marnix ^a   Moreas, Ronny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Automated guided vehicle; Mobile robot; Obstacle avoidance; Underground navigation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOBILE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION; ROBOTICS;

UNDERGROUND NAVIGATION;

COLLISION AVOIDANCE;

EID: 0037473878     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(02)00323-8     Document Type: Article

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