Instrumentation and algorithms for posture estimation in compliant framed modular mobile robots

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 491-512

  Minor, Mark A ^a   Merrell, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration and identification; Field robots; Localization; Modular robots; Sensor fusion; Wheeled robots

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTERS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MODULAR ROBOTS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSORS;

COMPLIANT FRAMED MODULAR MOBILE ROBOTS (CFMMR); FUSION ALGORITHMS; KINEMATIC MODELS; RELATIVE POSTURE SENSOR (RPS); SENSOR FUSION;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

EID: 34047274278     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364907077899     Document Type: Article

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