Continuous motion, outdoor, 2 1/2D grid map generation using an inexpensive nodding 2-D laser rangefinder

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 4240-4245

  Broten, Gregory ^a   Collier, Jack ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRID MAP GENERATION; LASER RANGEFINDER; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; ROBOTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

RANGE FINDERS;

EID: 33845680789     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1642354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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