A robust approach to high-speed navigation for unrehearsed desert terrain

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 467-508

  Urmson, Chris ^a   Ragusa, Charlie ^a   Ray, David ^a   Anhalt, Joshua ^b   Bartz, Daniel ^b   Galatali, Tugrul ^b   Gutierrez, Alexander ^b   Johnston, Josh ^b   Harbaugh, Sam ^b   Kato, Hiroki ^b   Messner, William ^b   Miller, Nick ^b   Peterson, Kevin ^b   Smith, Bryon ^b   Snider, Jarrod ^b   Spiker, Spencer ^b   Ziglar, Jason ^b   Whittaker, William ^b   Clark, Michael ^c   Koon, Phillip ^d   Mosher, Aaron ^d   Struble, Josh ^e   more..

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Center for Health Statistics   (United States)

^d BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^e CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY THEORY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

DESERT TERRAIN; HIGH-SPEED NAVIGATION; HUMAN-BASED PREPLANNING SYSTEM;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33748869049     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20126     Document Type: Article

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