Power sources for micro-autonomous vehicles-challenges and prospects

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7318, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Narayan, S R ^a   Kisor, A ^a   Valdez, T I ^a   Manohara, H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; MISSION DURATION; OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES; POWER SOURCES;

DURABILITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SENSORS; VEHICLES;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

EID: 69549097881     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.818779     Document Type: Conference Paper

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