Sonar sensor models and their application to mobile robot localization

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 10217-10243

  Burguera, Antoni ^a   González, Yolanda ^a   Oliver, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mobile robot localization; Particle filter; Sonar

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MEASUREMENT MODEL; MISSION EXECUTION; MOBILE ROBOT LOCALIZATION; PARTICLE FILTER; SONAR SENSOR; VISUAL INSPECTION;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; SENSORS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; TARGET TRACKING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SONAR;

EID: 77950267751     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s91210217     Document Type: Article

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