Autonomous vision-based exploration and mapping using hybrid maps and Rao-Blackwellised particle filters

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2082-2089

  Sim, Robert ^a   Little, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSOCIATION; EXPLORATION METHODS; SPATIAL REASONING; STEREO VISION SENSORS;

FEATURE EXTRACTION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; LASERS; SENSORS; STEREO VISION; TRANSDUCERS;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 34250624811     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2006.282485     Document Type: Conference Paper

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