Exploration of 2D and 3D environments using voronoi transform and fast marching method

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-80

  Garrido, S ^a   Moreno, L ^a   Blanco, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exploration; Mobile robots; Motion planning; Robot mapping; SLAM

Indexed keywords

3-D ENVIRONMENTS; AUTONOMOUS EXPLORATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTIONS; EXPLORATION; EXPLORATION METHODS; EXPLORATION TASKS; FAST MARCHING METHODS; FAST-MARCHING; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; POTENTIAL MAPS; ROBOT MAPPING; ROBOT NAVIGATIONS; SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPINGS; SLAM; UNKNOWN ENVIRONMENTS; VORONOI;

ALGEBRA; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GRADIENT METHODS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MOBILE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION; ROBOTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MOTION PLANNING;

EID: 67349226796     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-008-9293-7     Document Type: Article

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