Efficient active global localization for mobile robots operating in large and cooperative environments

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2758-2763

  Murtra, Andreu Corominas ^a   Mirats Tur, Josep M ^a   Sanfeliu, Alberto ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MOBILE ROBOTS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; ROBOTICS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

GLOBAL LOCALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES;

ROBOTS;

EID: 51649116461     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543628     Document Type: Conference Paper

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