Mapping a suburb with a single camera using a biologically inspired SLAM system

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1038-1053

  Milford, Michael J ^a   Wyeth, Gordon F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bio inspired robotics; Monocular vision simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; INVERSE KINEMATICS; MAPS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; SENSOR NETWORKS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

BIO-INSPIRED ROBOTICS; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; CUMULATIVE ERRORS; LOOP CLOSURES; MAP CORRECTIONS; MONOCULAR VISION SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING (SLAM); ODOMETRY; ROAD NETWORKS; RODENT HIPPOCAMPUS; SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPINGS; SINGLE CAMERAS; VISION SYSTEMS; VISUAL SCENES; WEB CAMERAS;

CONFORMAL MAPPING;

EID: 56049113001     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2008.2004520     Document Type: Article

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