Analysis of landmark configuration for absolute positioning of autonomous vehicles

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-54

  Shoval, Shraga ^a,c   Sinriech, David ^b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c Center for Radiation Sources and Applications   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV); Error position; Landmark navigation; Material handling; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039436473     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6125(01)80019-4     Document Type: Article

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