Boundary following by robot formations without GPS

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 152-157

  Zhang, Fumin ^a   Haq, Salman ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Advanced Simulation Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTICS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS;

BOUNDARY CURVES;

ROBOTS;

EID: 51649120355     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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