From pixels to multi-robot decision-making: A study in uncertainty

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 933-943

  Stone, Peter ^a   Sridharan, Mohan ^b   Stronger, Daniel ^a   Kuhlmann, Gregory ^a   Kohl, Nate ^a   Fidelman, Peggy ^a   Jong, Nicholas K ^a  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Localization; Multi robot behavior; Planning under uncertainty; Robot vision; Robotics

Indexed keywords

LOCALIZATION; MULTI ROBOT BEHAVIOR; PLANNING UNDER UNCERTAINTY;

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; COMPUTER VISION; DECISION THEORY; MOTION PLANNING; SENSORS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33750031720     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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