Mobile Robot with Floor Tracking Device for Localization and Control

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-41

  Nagai, Isaku ^a   Tanaka, Yutaka ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

floor image; localization; mobile robot; tracked vehicle; visual tracking

Indexed keywords

MOBILE ROBOTS; TRACKED VEHICLES; WHEELS;

FLOOR IMAGE; LIGHT CONDITIONS; LOCALISATION; LOCALISED; REAL- TIME; TIME BASED; TRACKING DEVICES; VISUAL DEVICES; VISUAL TRACKING; WHEEL SLIPPAGE;

FLOORS;

EID: 77952276288     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2007.p0034     Document Type: Article

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