A multi-robot positioning system using a multi-code ultrasonic sensor network and a Kalman filter

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1349-1355

  Moon, Woo Sung ^a   Cho, Bong Soo ^a   Jang, Jin Won ^a   Baek, Kwang Ryul ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Multi code ultrasonic; multi robot system; positioning; sensor network

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATIVE ERRORS; COMPENSATION ALGORITHM; COOPERATIVE ROBOTS; DISTRIBUTED POSITIONING; MULTI-CODE; MULTI-CODE ULTRASONIC; MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE ROBOT; MULTIROBOTS; POSE INFORMATION; POSITIONING; POSITIONING SYSTEM; ZIGBEE SENSORS;

ERROR COMPENSATION; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; KALMAN FILTERS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ROBOT LEARNING; SENSOR NETWORKS; ULTRASONIC SENSORS; ULTRASONICS;

MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS;

EID: 78651351226     PISSN: 15986446     EISSN: 20054092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12555-010-0622-9     Document Type: Article

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