A sonar-based sensor for object recognition

International Journal of Robotics and Automation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 178-189

  Ecemiş, M Ihsan ^a   Gaudiano, Paolo ^a  

^a ICOSYSTEM CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

ARTMAP; Object recognition; Robots; Sonar

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER VISION; DATA ACQUISITION; MOBILE ROBOTS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; SENSORS; ULTRASONICS;

AIRBORNE SONAR; ARTMAP; SONAR SENSORY PROCESSING; ULTRASONIC ECHOES;

SONAR;

EID: 10244225284     PISSN: 08268185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2316/journal.206.2004.4.206-2712     Document Type: Article

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