Control and experimentation of a personal robot tracking system

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-12

  Goodhew, I C B ^a   Hutt, B D ^a   Warwick, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomous robots; Personal robots; PID control; Robot head; Target tracking; Ultrasonic sensors

Indexed keywords

TARGET TRACKING; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; ULTRASONIC SENSORS;

HUMAN OPERATOR; IMPORTANT FEATURES; PERSONAL ROBOT; PERSONAL ROBOT SYSTEM; PROTOTYPE ROBOT; ROBOT HEAD; SPECIFIC PROBLEMS; TRACKING CONTROLS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 34247103832     PISSN: 17466172     EISSN: 17466180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMIC.2006.008642     Document Type: Article

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