Multi-sensor fusion for reduced uncertainty in autonomous mobile robot docking and recharging

2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2203-2208

  Luo, Ren C ^a   Liao, Chung T ^a,b   Lin, Shih C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WUFENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOBILE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION; RANGE FINDERS; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

ARTIFICIAL LANDMARK; AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT; COVARIANCE INTERSECTION; GEOMETRICAL RELATIONSHIP; LASER RANGE FINDERS; MULTI-SENSOR FUSION; PERSPECTIVE PROJECTIONS; POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 76249085299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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