The use of aerial images and GPS for mobile robot waypoint navigation

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 692-699

  Shair, S ^a   Chandler, J H ^a   Gonzalez Villela V J ^b   Parkin, R M ^a   Jackson, J M R ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aerial imagery; European geostationary navigation overlay service (EGNOS); GPS; Map datum; Mobile robot; Orthorectification; Overhead images; Synchronous drive robot; Waypoints; Wide area augmentation system (WAAS)

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MATLAB; MOBILE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION CHARTS; ROBOTICS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS;

AERIAL IMAGERY; EUROPEAN GEOSTATIONARY NAVIGATION OVERLAY SERVICE (EGNOS); GPS; MAP DATUM; ORTHORECTIFICATION; OVERHEAD IMAGES; SYNCHRONOUS DRIVE ROBOT; WAYPOINTS; WIDE AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEM (WAAS);

ROBOTS;

EID: 58149122860     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2008.2005197     Document Type: Article

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