Autonomous land vehicles

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-94

  Durrant Whyte, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomous land vehicles; Localization; Mobility; Navigation; Planning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; NAVIGATION; PLANNING; SENSORS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; CARGO HANDLING; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

AUTONOMOUS LAND VEHICLES (ALV); LOCALIZATION; MOBILITY; AUTONOMOUS LAND VEHICLES;

VEHICLES; GROUND VEHICLES;

EID: 18844423821     PISSN: 09596518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095965105X9498     Document Type: Article

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