Real-time obstacle avoidance using an MPEG-processor-based optic flow sensor

Proceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 161-166

  Stöffler, Norbert O ^a   Burkert, Tim ^a   Färber, Georg ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION ESTIMATION; MOTION PLANNING; OBSTACLE DETECTORS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL FLOWS; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS;

IMAGE PROCESSING BOARDS; MOBILE ROBOT NAVIGATION; MOTION PARAMETERS; NOISE PROPERTIES; OBSTACLE DETECTION; ONE DIMENSIONAL METHOD; REAL TIME OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE; STRUCTURE AND MOTIONS;

ROBOT PROGRAMMING;

EID: 3042580561     PISSN: 10514651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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