Remote-neocortex control of robotic search and threat identification

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-110

  Macera, Juan C ^a,b   Goodman, Philip H ^a,c   Harris Jr , Frederick C ^a,b   Drewes, Rich ^a   Maciokas, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b University of Nevada   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchical robotic control system; Neocortical simulator; Remote processing robot; Sound localization; Wireless robotic control

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTERNET; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; REMOTE CONTROL; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TRIANGULATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

HIERARCHICAL ROBOTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; NEOCORTICAL SIMULATORS; REMOTE PROCESSING ROBOTS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; WIRELESS ROBOTIC CONTROL;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0742324838     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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