Image-based memory for robot navigation using properties of omnidirectional images

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 251-267

  Menegatti, Emanuele ^a   Maeda, Takeshi ^b   Ishiguro, Hiroshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VStone Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fourier transform; Hierarchical localisation; Image based navigation; Mobile robot; Omnidirectional vision

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; ERROR CORRECTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAPPING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NAVIGATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; SELF ADJUSTING CONTROL SYSTEMS;

HIERARCHIAL LOCALISATION; IMAGE-BASED NAVIGATION; OMNIDIRECTIONAL VISION; VISUAL MEMORY;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 2942729595     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2004.03.014     Document Type: Article

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