Autonomous terrain parameter estimation for wheeled vehicles

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6962, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ray, Laura E ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous terrain characterization; Proprioceptive sensors; Terrain parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION; PROPRIOCEPTIVE SENSORS; SOIL PROPERTIES; TERRAIN PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

GROUND VEHICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION PLANNING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOILS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; VEHICLE WHEELS;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 44349183633     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.778479     Document Type: Conference Paper

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