Mapping opaque and confined environments using proprioception

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1041-1046

  Everist, Jacob ^a   Shen, Wei Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFINED ENVIRONMENT; CONTACT DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES; JOINT ANGLE; MOTION MODELS; POSE ESTIMATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSOR INFORMATIONS; SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT; SINGLE PATH; SNAKE ROBOTS; UNSTRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTS;

ERROR DETECTION; ESTIMATION; MAPPING; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ROBOTS;

EID: 70350350893     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152592     Document Type: Conference Paper

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