Autonomous deployment and repair of a sensor network using an unmanned aerial vehicle

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 3602-3608

  Corke, P ^a   Hrabar, S ^d   Peterson, R ^b   Rus, D ^b,c   Saripalli, S ^d   Sukhatme, G ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HELICOPTERS; RADIO RECEIVERS; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TOPOLOGY; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AERIAL VEHICLES; DEPLOYMENT; DYNAMIC NODES; FLYING ROBOTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 3042555882     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/robot.2004.1308811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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