Mobile robot navigation using sonar and range measurements from uncalibrated cameras

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-284

  Tsalatsanis, A ^a   Valavanis, K ^a   Tsourveloudis, N ^b  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Depth estimation; Navigation; Range measurements; Sonar sensors; Vision system

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SENSORS; SONAR;

DEPTH ESTIMATION; MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; RANGE MEASUREMENTS; VISION SYSTEMS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33846652815     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-006-9095-8     Document Type: Article

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