Using a laser range finder mounted on a micro vision robot to estimate environmental parameters

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7332, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fehr, Duc ^a   Papanikolopoulos, Nikolaos ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Convex hulls; Laser range finder; Microvision robot

Indexed keywords

CONVEX HULL; CONVEX HULLS; CONVEX-HULL APPROACH; DISTRIBUTED ROBOTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; LASER RANGE FINDER; LASER RANGE FINDERS; MAPPING TECHNIQUES; MICRO-VISION; MICROVISION ROBOT; PROJECTED AREA; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; LASERS; RANGE FINDERS; RANGE FINDING; ROBOTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 69949121699     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.818677     Document Type: Conference Paper

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