An indoor localization framework for four-rotor flying robots using low-power sensor nodes

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 336-344

  Eckert, Juergen ^a   German, Reinhard ^a   Dressler, Falko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flying robot; indoor localization; sensor network; ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION RESOURCES; COMPUTATIONAL POWER; CONTROLLED SYSTEM; FLYING ROBOTS; HARDWARE PLATFORM; HIGH SCALABILITIES; INDOOR LOCALIZATION; INDOOR LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUES; LATERAL DRIFTS; LIMITED MEMORY; LOCALIZATION PERFORMANCE; LOW POWER; NAVIGATION FUNCTIONALITY; ON-BOARD SENSORS; POSITION CONTROLLER; REAL-TIME LOCALIZATION; TIME OF FLIGHT;

SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONIC SENSORS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 78651321186     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2010.2085850     Document Type: Article

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