Autonomous navigation of an automated guided vehicle in industrial environments

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 296-311

  Martinez Barbera H ^a   Herrero Perez D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automated guided vehicles; Autonomous robots; Intelligent systems; Navigation; Path planning

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES; AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; AUTONOMOUS ROBOT; INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; INDUSTRIAL VEHICLES; MANUAL WORK; ON-BOARD AUTONOMY; PATH TRACKING; PATH-PLANNING; PRIORI KNOWLEDGE;

AUTOMATION; INDUSTRY; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PLANNING; PLANT LAYOUT; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; VEHICLES; WAREHOUSES;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 77952010229     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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