A gaussian error model for triangulation-based pose estimation using noisy landmarks

2006 IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Easton, Adam ^a   Cameron, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gaussian error; Localisation; Mobile robots; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

ERROR DETECTION; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; TRIANGULATION;

ERROR MODELS; GAUSSIAN ERROR; MULTIPLE ROBOT LOCALISATION PROBLEMS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 34250684739     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RAMECH.2006.252663     Document Type: Conference Paper

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