Navigating mobile robots with a modular neural architecture

Neural Computing and Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 200-211

  Silva, Catarina ^a   Ribeiro, Bernardete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Constructive algorithms; Mobile robot navigation; Modular neural networks; Sensor fusion

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MODULAR ROBOTS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; TRAJECTORIES;

MODULAR NEURAL NETWORKS (MNN);

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0346342559     PISSN: 09410643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00521-003-0383-y     Document Type: Article

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