Map matching scheme for position estimation of planetary explorer in natural terrain

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3520-3525

  Kubota, Takashi ^b   Moesl, Klaus G ^b   Nakatani, Ichiro ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FEATURE EXTRACTION; MOTION ESTIMATION; ROBOTS;

COMMON COORDINATE SYSTEM; LOCAL ELEVATION MAPS; QUATERNIONS; STEREO CAMERA; STEREO PERCEPTION;

POSITION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 36349025241     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.364017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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