Learning to detect proximity to a gas source with a mobile robot

2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1444-1449

  Lilienthal, Achim ^a   Ulmer, Holger ^a   Fröhlich, Holger ^a   Werner, Felix ^a   Zell, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DECISION MAKING; EXPLOSIVES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOT LEARNING;

GAS SOURCES; GAS TRANSPORT; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE (SVM); WIND SPEEDS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 14044251563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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