Direction sensing RFID reader for mobile robot navigation

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-54

  Kim, Myungsik ^a   Chong, Nak Young ^a  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direction finding; Dual directional antenna; Mobile robot navigation; Radio frequency identification (RFID)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DOCKING; MOBILE ANTENNAS; MOBILE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; RADIO; RADIO DIRECTION FINDING SYSTEMS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO NAVIGATION; RADIO WAVES; ROBOTICS; SECURITY OF DATA; TARGETS; TRANSMITTERS; TRANSPONDERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CLUTTERED ENVIRONMENTS; CORRECTION ALGORITHMS; DIRECTION FINDING; DOA ESTIMATES; DOA ESTIMATIONS; DUAL-DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; MOBILE ROBOT NAVIGATION; MOBILE ROBOT NAVIGATIONS; OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS; POTENTIAL ERRORS; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTHS; RFID READERS; RFID TRANSPONDERS; ROBOT DOCKING; SIMULATION RESULTS; TARGET ACQUISITIONS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

ROBOTS;

EID: 58149496080     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2008.2006858     Document Type: Article

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