Development of a tabletop guidance system for educational robots

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 829-838

  Bac, C W ^a   Grift, T E ^b   Menezes, G ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor localization; Laser localization; Laser based guidance; Robot competition

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; AVERAGE DEVIATION; AVERAGE ERRORS; CARTESIAN COORDINATE; CLOSE PROXIMITY; EDUCATIONAL ROBOT; ELECTRONIC COMPASS; GUIDANCE SYSTEM; HORIZONTAL PLANES; INDOOR LOCALIZATION; LASER-BASED GUIDANCE; LOCALIZATION SYSTEM; POSITION FEEDBACK; REAL-TIME KINEMATIC GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS; RELATIVE TIME; ROBOT COMPETITION; RTK-GPS; SERIAL CONNECTION; SINGLE LASERS; STRAIGHT LINES; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; VISION SYSTEMS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LASER BEAMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REMOTE CONTROL; ROBOTS; SENSOR ARRAYS; TRANSMITTERS;

ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS;

EID: 80053966010     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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