Robot-assisted target localization using a cooperative scheme relying on wireless sensor networks

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1031-1036

  Panousopoulou, Athanasia ^a   Kolyvas, Efthymios ^a   Koveos, Yannis ^a   Tzes, Anthony ^a   Lygeros, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PACKET LOSS; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EXCHANGE INFORMATION; TARGET ACQUISITION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 39649092305     PISSN: 07431546     EISSN: 25762370     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/cdc.2006.376781     Document Type: Conference Paper

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