High-resolution millimeter-wave radar systems for visualization of unstructured outdoor environments

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 891-912

  Brooker, Graham ^a   Hennessey, Ross ^a   Bishop, Mark ^a   Lobsey, Craig ^a   Durrant Whyte, Hugh ^a   Birch, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER VISION; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MOTION PLANNING; NAVIGATION;

FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR; LONG-RANGE PATH PLANNING; TRAVERSABILITY;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 33751227868     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20158     Document Type: Article

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