Enhancing functionality and autonomy in man-portable robots

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5422, Issue , 2004, Pages 355-366

  Pacis, E Biagtan ^a   Everett, H R ^a   Farrington, N ^a   Bruemmer, D ^b  

^a Naval Command   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Communications; Localization; Mapping; Robotics; Sensors; SLAM; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

FORCE MULTIPLICATION; MAN-PORTABLE ROBOTS; TACTICLE MOBILE ROBOTS (TMR);

ALGORITHMS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MOBILE ROBOTS; SENSORS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 10444267207     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.553020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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