Using a mobile robot to test a theory of cognitive mapping

Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics

Volumn 38, Issue , 2008, Pages 281-295

  Yeap, Wai K ^a,b   Wong, Chee Kit ^a   Schmidt, Jochen ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION; POSITION CONTROL;

COGNITIVE MAP; ODOMETER; SONAR SENSORS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 43449094682     PISSN: 16107438     EISSN: 1610742X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75388-9_17     Document Type: Article

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