Field and service applications - An infrastructure-free automated guided vehicle based on computer vision - An effort to make an industrial robot vehicle that can operate without supporting infrastructure

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 24-34

  Kelly, Alonzo ^a   Nagy, Byan ^b   Stager, David ^a   Unnikrishnan, Ranjith ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TraderBots ^*

Author keywords

AGV; Computer vision; Factory automation; Material handling; Motion control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER VISION; ETHERNET; FACTORY AUTOMATION; MATERIALS HANDLING; MOTION CONTROL; OPTICAL RADAR;

AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES; IMAGE MOSAICKING; MOSAIC-BASED GUIDANCE SYSTEM;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 35348892104     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2007.901317     Document Type: Article

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