Quantitative analysis of robot-environment interaction - Towards "scientific mobile robotics"

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-68

  Nehmzow, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaos theory applied to mobile robotics; Mobile robotics research; Quantitative descriptions of robot environment interaction; Scientific method; Scientific mobile robotics

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; CHAOS THEORY; ROBOTICS;

ROBOT-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0038344792     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(03)00010-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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