A distributed protocol for multi-hop underwater robot positioning

Proceedings - 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE ROBIO 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 480-484

  Zhang, Yuecheng ^a   Cheng, Liang ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS; Multi hop positioning; Underwater robots

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

DISTRIBUTED PROTOCOLS; MULTI-HOP POSITIONING; ROBOT POSITIONING; UNDERWATER ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 28344434189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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