Fast laser scan matching approach based on adaptive curvature estimation for mobile robots

Robotica

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-479

  Nez, P ^a   Vzquez Martn, R ^b   Bandera, A ^b   Sandoval, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive curvature function; Mobile robotics; Scan matching

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS;

CHARACTERISTIC POINT; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; CURVATURE ESTIMATION; CURVATURE FUNCTION; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; MOBILE ROBOTIC; OPTIMAL TRANSFORMATION; SCAN MATCHING;

ROBOTS;

EID: 67651180981     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574708004840     Document Type: Article

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