Low-cost multi-robot exploration and mapping

2008 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications, TePRA

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 74-79

  Gifford, Christopher M ^a   Webb, Russell ^a   Bley, James ^a   Leung, Daniel ^a   Calnon, Mark ^a   Makarewicz, Joe ^a   Banz, Bryan ^a   Agah, Arvin ^a  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; EARTH (PLANET); INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

HUMAN TASKS; ONBOARD COMPUTING; PLANETARY MISSIONS; PLATFORM DESIGNS; ROBOT EXPLORATIONS; ROBOT MAPPINGS; SENSING ACCURACIES; UNSTRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 58049179889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TEPRA.2008.4686676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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