An outdoor guidepath navigation system for AMRs based on robust detection of magnetic markers

IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 989-996

  Lopes, Ana C ^a   Moita, Fernando ^a   Nunes, Urbano ^a   Solea, Razvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D MODELING; AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS; D-ALGORITHM; DETECTION SYSTEMS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTER (EKF); FUSION PROCESSES; INTELLIGENT WHEELCHAIR; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LEAST SQUARES FITTING; MAGNETIC DISTORTIONS; MAGNETIC MARKERS; MAGNETIC SENSING; MEASUREMENT DATA; NAVIGATION ALGORITHMS; ODOMETRIC; PERMANENT MAGNETIC; ROBUST DETECTION; WHEEL ENCODERS;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; CURVE FITTING; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS; FACTORY AUTOMATION; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SENSORS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONICS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 47849105046     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EFTA.2007.4416891     Document Type: Conference Paper

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