Real-time shape estimation for continuum robots using vision

Robotica

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 645-651

  Hannan, M W ^a   Walker, I D ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum robots; Shape estimation; Vision

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MANIPULATORS; MOTION ESTIMATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CONTINUUM ROBOTS; ENGINEERED ENVIRONMENTS; SHAPE DETERMINATION; SHAPE ESTIMATION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 25144501955     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574704001018     Document Type: Article

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