A closed-form expression for the uncertainty in odometry position estimate of an autonomous vehicle

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1017-1022

  Mirats Tur, Josep M ^a   Gordillo, José Luis ^b   Albores Borja, Carlos ^b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Localization; Navigation; Nonholonomic constraints; Robot positioning uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; KALMAN FILTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SENSORS;

EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERING; NONHOLONOMIC CONSTRAINTS; ROBOT POSITIONING UNCERTAINTY;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 27144517110     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2005.852262     Document Type: Article

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