Competent vision and navigation systems: From flying insects to autonomously navigating robots

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 59-71

  Srinivasan, Mandyam V ^a   Thurrowgood, Saul ^a   Soccol, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerial robotics; Biologically inspired robots; Insects; Vision

Indexed keywords

AERIAL ROBOTICS; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; AVERAGE IMAGE; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED ROBOTS; CLUTTERED ENVIRONMENTS; FLIGHT SPEED; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; IMAGE MOTION; IMAGE VELOCITY; INSECTS; THREE DIMENSIONS;

LANDING; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 70349469299     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2009.933627     Document Type: Article

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