Real-time rigid-body visual tracking in a scanning electron microscope

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 498-511

  Kratochvil, Bradley E ^a   Lixin Dong, ^a   Nelson, Bradley J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Model based visual tracking; Nanomanipulation; Scanning electron microscope.

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AUTOMATION; BIPED LOCOMOTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRONS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MICROMANIPULATORS; NANOROBOTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AUTOMATED APPROACHES; AUTOMATED TASKS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISPLACEMENT RESOLUTIONS; DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE; END-EFFECTOR; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; FEEDBACK TECHNOLOGIES; MODEL-BASED METHODS; MODEL-BASED VISUAL TRACKING; NANO-SCALE; NANOMANIPULATION; NANOMETER DISPLACEMENTS; RIGID BODIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE.; SUBNANOMETER RANGES; VISUAL TRACKING;

SCANNING;

EID: 62849090486     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364908099849     Document Type: Article

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