Active electrolocation for underwater target localization

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 529-548

  Solberg, James R ^a   Lynch, Kevin M ^a   MacIver, Malcolm A ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active sensing; Electrolocation; Electrosense; Particle filter; Probabilistic robotics; Underwater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE NETWORKS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE ROBOTS; TARGET TRACKING;

ACTIVE SENSING; ELECTROLOCATION; ELECTROSENSE; PARTICLE FILTERS; PROBABILISTIC ROBOTICS;

UNDERWATER IMAGING;

EID: 42549098524     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364908090538     Document Type: Article

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