Robot navigation in multi-terrain outdoor environments

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 685-700

  Pereira, Guilherme A S ^a   Pimenta, Luciano C A ^a   Fonseca, Alexandre R ^a   Corrěa, Leonardo De Q ^a   Mesquita, Renato C ^a   Chaimowicz, Luiz ^a   De Almeida, Daniel S C ^a   Campos, Mario F M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Continuous vector fields; Field robotics; Robot motion planning

Indexed keywords

ALL-TERRAIN MOBILE ROBOTS; CONTINUOUS VECTOR FIELDS; FIELD ROBOTICS; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PATH-PLANNING ALGORITHM; ROBOT CONFIGURATIONS; ROBOT CONTROLS; ROBOT MOTION PLANNING; ROBOT NAVIGATION; ROBOT TRAJECTORY; ROBOT VELOCITY; TERRAIN ROUGHNESS; VECTOR FIELDS; VERTICAL ACCELERATIONS;

CELL MEMBRANES; MOTION PLANNING; NAVIGATION; ROBOTICS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS; VECTORS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 65949105931     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364908097578     Document Type: Article

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