Methods for the reduction of odometry errors in over-constrained mobile robots

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-286

  Ojeda, Lauro ^a   Borenstein, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross coupled control; Encoders; Error correction; Expert rules; Mobile robot; Odometry; Over constrained; Pioneer AT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ERROR CORRECTION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SIGNAL ENCODING; SYNCHRONIZATION;

CROSS-COUPLED CONTROL; ENCODERS; EXPERT RULES; ODOMETRY;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 3543112007     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AURO.0000025791.45313.01     Document Type: Article

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