On design and development of an intelligent mobile robotic vehicle for stair-case navigation

Studies in Computational Intelligence

Volumn 275, Issue , 2010, Pages 87-122

  Ray, Ranjit ^a   Bepari, Bikash ^b   Bhaumik, Subhasis ^c  

^a CSIR CENTRAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b HALDIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 77949632086     PISSN: 1860949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11676-6_5     Document Type: Article

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