Range based localisation using RF and the application to mining safety

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1304-1311

  Kloos, Gerold ^a   Guivant, José E ^a   Nebot, Eduardo M ^a   Masson, Favio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; RANGE FINDING; SENSORS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

FREE SPACE MODELS; LOCALISATION PURPOSES; PROXIMITY DETECTION; RADIO FREQUENCY SENSORS;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 34250677634     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2006.281894     Document Type: Conference Paper

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