Using coloured snapshots for short-range guidance in mobile robots

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 154-162

  Gourichon, S ^a   Meyer, J A ^a   Pirim, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b BEV   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomous robot; Landmark navigation; Snapshot model; Vision chip; Visual homing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COLOR VISION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER VISION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOTICS;

LANDMARK NAVIGATION; SNAPSHOT MODEL; VISION CHIP; VISUAL HOMING;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 3342987426     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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