Homography-based ground plane detection for mobile robot navigation using a modified EM algorithm

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 910-915

  Conrad, D ^a   DeSouza, G N ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION RATES; EM ALGORITHMS; FEATURE MATCHING ALGORITHMS; GROUND PIXELS; GROUND PLANES; HOMOGRAPHIES; IMAGE PAIRS; LANDMARK DETECTION; MOBILE ROBOT NAVIGATION; MODIFIED EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION; OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE; PATH-PLANNING;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MOBILE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PIXELS; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTICS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77955794701     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509457     Document Type: Conference Paper

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