Field report: CajunBot: Architecture and algorithms

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 555-578

  Lakhotia, Arun ^a   Golconda, Suresh ^a   Maida, Anthony ^a   Mejia, Pablo ^b   Puntambeker, Amit ^a   Seetharaman, Guna ^c   Wilson, Scott ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b C and C Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d University of Louisiana at Lafayette   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DATA STRUCTURES; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; MANEUVERABILITY; MIDDLEWARE; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL SENSORS; RACING AUTOMOBILES;

AUTONOMOUS GROUND VEHICLE; DRIVE-BY-WIRE CONTROL; LIDAR SENSOR; SIX-WHEELED ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE (ATV);

GROUND VEHICLES;

EID: 33748866819     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20129     Document Type: Article

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