Analysis of Map Alignment techniques in visual SLAM systems

IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 825-832

  Ballesta, Mónica ^a   Reinoso, Óscar ^a   Gil, Arturo ^a   Juliá, Miguel ^a   Payá, Luis ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT TECHNIQUES; DESCRIPTOR; LOCAL MAPS; MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS; REFERENCE FRAMES; VISUAL SLAMS;

ALIGNMENT; FACTORY AUTOMATION; MAPS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CONFORMAL MAPPING;

EID: 56349084159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ETFA.2008.4638493     Document Type: Conference Paper

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