Development of a laser range finder for three-dimensional map building in rubble

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-294

  Kurisu, Masamitsu ^a   Yokokohji, Yasuyoshi ^b   Shiokawa, Yusuke ^a   Samejima, Takayuki ^a  

^a TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser range finder; Omnivision; Rescue; Rubble; Three dimensional map building

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MIRRORS; NAVIGATION; VISION;

LASER RANGE FINDER; OMNIVISION; RESCUE; RUBBLE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAP BUILDING;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 17044417333     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568553053583661     Document Type: Article

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