Visual sensing of continuum robot shape using self-organizing maps

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4591-4596

  Croom, Jordan M ^a   Rucker, D Caleb ^a   Romano, Joseph M ^b   Webster III, Robert J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC LENGTH; CAMERA PLACEMENT; CONTINUUM ROBOT; CURVED SHAPES; CURVES IN SPACE; FIDUCIAL MARKER; FIDUCIALS; SHAPE CONTROL; VISION BASED; VISUAL SENSING;

CONFORMAL MAPPING; ROBOTICS; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; STEREO VISION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 77955789528     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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