Traversable terrain classification for outdoor autonomous robots using single 2D laser scans

Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-232

  Andersen, Jens Christian ^a   Blas, Morten Rufus ^b   Ravn, Ole ^a   Andersen, Nils A ^a   Blanke, Mogens ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ECO DAN A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLASSIFIERS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SCANNING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

AUTONOMOUS ROBOT; LASER SCAN; NATIONAL PARK ENVIRONMENT; TERRAIN CLASSIFICATION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 33746353384     PISSN: 10692509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ica-2006-13303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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