Biomimetic sonar system performing spectrum-based localization

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1151-1159

  Reijniers, Jonas ^a   Peremans, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomimetic sensor; Biomimetics; Echo; Localization; Robotics; Sensors; Sonar; Sonar signal processing; Spectral template

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; ECHO SUPPRESSION; ROBOTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SONAR; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BINAURAL SPECTRAL TEMPLATES; ECHO SIGNALS; ECHOLOCATION;

BIOMIMETICS;

EID: 37549010700     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2007.907487     Document Type: Article

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