Evaluating the roomba: A low-cost, ubiquitous platform for robotics research and education

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1393-1399

  Tribelhorn, Ben ^a   Dodds, Zachary ^a  

^a HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION MODELS; LOW-COST RESOURCE; MONTE CARLO LOCALIZATION; ROOMBA VACUUM;

ALGORITHMS; CASE BASED REASONING; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 36348937861     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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