The Malta cistern mapping project: Underwater robot mapping and localization within ancient tunnel systems

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-411

  White, Cory ^a   Hiranandani, Daniel ^a   Olstad, Christopher S ^b   Buhagiar, Keith ^c   Gambin, Timmy ^d   Clark, Christopher M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marine Resources Development Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^d AURORA Special Purpose Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; MAPPING; ROBOTICS; SONAR; TETHERLINES; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

MAPPING AND LOCALIZATION; MAPPING PROJECTS; PAPER DOCUMENTS; RANGE MEASUREMENTS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES (ROV); SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING; UNDERWATER ROBOTS; VIDEO FOOTAGE;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 77954559294     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20339     Document Type: Article

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