Accurate robot simulation through system identification

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1082-1093

  Kyriacou, T ^a   Nehmzow, U ^b   Iglesias, R ^c   Billings, S A ^d  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quantitative assessment of computer simulations; Robot modelling; Robot simulation; System identification for simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; NEURAL NETWORKS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SENSORS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; EXPLICIT MODELS; MATHEMATICAL METHODS; MODELLING METHODS; NOVEL METHODS; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF COMPUTER SIMULATIONS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; REAL SENSOR DATUMS; REAL WORLDS; ROBOT CONTROLS; ROBOT SIMULATION; ROBOT SIMULATIONS; ROBOT SIMULATORS; SENSOR DATUMS; SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FOR SIMULATION; SYSTEM IDENTIFICATIONS;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 55149084193     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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