Location and orientation detection of mobile robots using sound field features under complex environments

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1151-1156

  Hu, Jwu Sheng ^a   Liu, Wei Han ^a   Cheng, Chieh ^a   Yang, Chia Hsing ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

GMM; Robot localization; Robot's orientation detection

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ECHO SUPPRESSION; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROPHONES; MOTION PLANNING; REVERBERATION;

GAUSSIAN MIXTURE MODEL (GMM); ROBOT LOCALIZATION; ROBOT'S ORIENTATION DETECTION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 34250641491     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2006.281845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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