Visual navigation for mobile robots: A survey

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-296

  Bonin Font, Francisco ^a   Ortiz, Alberto ^a   Oliver, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mobile robots; Visual navigation

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; COMPUTER VISION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MAPS; MOBILE ROBOTS; OPTICAL FLOWS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SUBMERSIBLES; SURVEYS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; WATER CRAFT;

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATIONS; CHARACTERISTICS EXTRACTIONS; DO-MAINS; FEATURES TRACKING; MAP-BASED NAVIGATIONS; METRIC MAPS; MOBILE ROBOT VISIONS; PATH FOLLOWINGS; QUALITATIVE; TOPOLOGICAL MAPS; VISUAL NAVIGATION; VISUAL NAVIGATIONS; VISUAL SONARS;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 54149119534     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-008-9235-4     Document Type: Article

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