Mobile robot localization based on effective combination of vision and range sensors

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-104

  Lee, Yong Ju ^a   Yim, Byung Doo ^a   Song, Jae Bok ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mobile robot localization; Sensor fusion; Sensor model; Vision based navigation

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; MOBILE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; LOCALIZATION ALGORITHMS; LOCALIZATION METHODS; MOBILE ROBOT LOCALIZATION; MONOCULAR CAMERAS; PARTICLE FILTERS; RANGE INFORMATIONS; RANGE SENSORS; RANGE-BASED; ROBOT POSE; ROUGH ESTIMATIONS; SENSOR FUSION; SENSOR MODEL; TIME- DELAYS; VISION SENSORS; VISION-BASED; VISION-BASED LOCALIZATIONS; VISION-BASED NAVIGATION; VISUAL INFORMATIONS; VISUAL OBJECT RECOGNITION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 60349084330     PISSN: 15986446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12555-009-0112-0     Document Type: Article

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