Use of laser range scanners for precise navigation in unknown environments

Proceedings of the Institute of Navigation - 19th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division, ION GNSS 2006

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1104-1114

  Vadlamani, Ananth K ^a,b,c   De Haag, Maarten Uijt ^a,b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio University   (United States)

^c School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GPS POSITIONING CAPABILITY; INHABITED AERIAL VEHICLES (LAV); LASER RANGE SCANNERS; PRECISION NAVIGATION, ATTITUDE AND TIME (PNAT);

ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LASER APPLICATIONS; SENSORS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

NAVIGATION;

EID: 34247140275     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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