Mobile robot navigation tests with polarization sensors

Guangxue Jingmi Gongcheng/Optics and Precision Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2419-2426

  Chu, Jin Kui ^a   Chen, Wen Jing ^a   Wang, Hong Qing ^a   Rong, Cheng Gong ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bionic robot; Mobile robot; Navigation; Polarized sky light; Sensor

Indexed keywords

BIONIC ROBOT; COMPENSATION PROCESS; FUNCTION PROTOTYPE; INTEGRATING SPHERES; MOBILE ROBOT NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION MESSAGES; NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE; OPTICAL ENCODER; OUTPUT ERRORS; POLARIZATION SENSORS; POSITION ERRORS;

ERROR COMPENSATION; LIGHT SOURCES; MOBILE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION; SPHERES;

SENSORS;

EID: 81355161002     PISSN: 1004924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3788/OPE.20111910.2419     Document Type: Article

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