3D Position tracking in challenging terrain

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-186

  Lamon, Pierre ^a   Siegwart, Roland ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D position tracking; All terrain rover; Sensor fusion; Slip minimization

Indexed keywords

POSITION MEASUREMENT; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSOR DATA FUSION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STEREO VISION; TRACKING (POSITION);

ALL TERRAIN ROVERS; ODOMETRY; ROVER LOCOMOTION; SLIP MINIMIZATION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33846549604     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364906075170     Document Type: Conference Paper

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