Loop closure detection in SLAM by combining visual and spatial appearance

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 740-749

  Ho, Kin Leong ^a   Newman, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Loop closing; SLAM; Spatial appearance; Visual appearance

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

LOOP CLOSING; SLAM; SPATIAL APPEARANCE; VISUAL APPEARANCE;

VEHICLE LOCATING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746994049     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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