RFID-assisted mobile robot system for mapping and surveillance of indoor environments

Industrial Robot

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-152

  Milella, Annalisa ^a   Cicirelli, Grazia ^a   Distante, Arcangelo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Radio waves; Robotics; Surveillance; Workplace security

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUZZY INFERENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; WORKPLACE SECURITY;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 40549131615     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910810854638     Document Type: Article

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