Exploring information theory for vision-based volumetric mapping

2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1023-1028

  Rocha, Rui ^a,b   Dias, Jorge ^a   Carvalho, Adriano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

3 D volumetric mapping; Entropy; Mapping and exploration; Probabilistic maps; Stereo vision sensors

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; INFORMATION THEORY; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MAPPING; MOBILE ROBOTS; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT; ENTROPY GRADIENTS; EXPLORATION STRATEGIES; MAXIMIZING INFORMATION GAIN; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC MAPS; STEREO VISION SENSOR; VOLUMETRIC MAPS;

STEREO VISION;

EID: 33745496741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2005.1545338     Document Type: Conference Paper

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