Optimal formations for cooperative localization of mobile robots

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 4126-4131

  Hidaka, Yukikazu S ^a   Mourikis, Anastasios I ^a   Roumeliotis, Stergios I ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE LOCALIZATION; COVARIANCE MATRIX; OPTIMAL FORMATIONS; ROBOT CONFIGURATION;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; POSITION MEASUREMENT; ROBOT PROGRAMMING;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33846141455     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570753     Document Type: Conference Paper

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