Local map fusion for real-time indoor simultaneous localization and mapping

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 291-309

  Rodriguez Losada, Diego ^a   Matia, Fernando ^a   Jimenez, Agustin ^a   Galan, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; KALMAN FILTERING; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTS;

EXTENDED KALMAN FILTER (EKF); GEOMETRIC MODEL; LOCAL MAP FUSION; SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING (SLAM);

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33745686572     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20120     Document Type: Article

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