Towards Optimal Coverage of 2-Dimensional Surfaces Embedded in ℝ 3: Choice of Start Curve

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 3581-3587

  Atkar, Prasad N ^a   Choset, Howie ^a   Rizzi, Alfred A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVERAGE PATH CONSTRUCTION; GAUSS-BONNET THEOREM; OFFSET CURVE PLANNERS;

ALGORITHMS; DEPOSITION; MACHINING; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; PAINT SPRAYING; PROBLEM SOLVING; VECTORS;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0346148526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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