Hough based terrain classification for realtime detection of drivable ground

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 67-88

  Poppinga, Jann ^a   Birk, Andreas ^a   Pathak, Kaustubh ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION TREES; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TARGET TRACKING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

FLIGHT CAMERA; REALTIME DETECTION; STEREO CAMERA;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 38349180979     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20227     Document Type: Article

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