Ultrasonic reflectors recognition with a fast firing system

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 285-291

  Moita, Fernando ^a   Nunes, Urbano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Pattern identification; Robot navigation; Sensor systems; Sensors; Ultrasonic transducers

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; REFLECTION; ROBOTS; SENSORS; SONAR; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

CLASSIFICATION RULES; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PATTERN IDENTIFICATION; PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; ROBOT NAVIGATION; SENSOR SYSTEMS; ULTRA-FAST FIRING METHOD; ULTRASONIC REFLECTORS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 34548538780     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-6670(17)32548-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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