Conflict-free navigation in unknown urban environments

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 27-33

  Shim, David H ^a,b,e   Chung, Hoam ^a   Sastry, S Shankar ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Berkeley Aerobot Team (BEAR)   (United States)

^c University of California ^*

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser scanning; Model predictive control; Obstacle avoidance; Unmanned aerial vehicle; Urban navigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047236145     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2006.1678136     Document Type: Article

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