Global-referenced navigation grids for off-road vehicles and environments

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 278-287

  Rovira Más, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural robotics; Autonomous navigation; Global positioning; Grid maps; Off road vehicles; Stereoscopic vision

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS; AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; DEAD RECKONING; FINAL ASSEMBLY; GEODETIC COORDINATES; GLOBAL POSITIONING; GRID MAP; IN-FIELD; LOCAL GRIDS; MANAGEMENT TOOL; NAVIGATION IN FORMATION; OCCUPANCY GRIDS; ODOMETRY; PERCEPTUAL INFORMATION; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; QUALITY INDICES; REAL TIME; REGULAR GRIDS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; STEREO-IMAGE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TANGENT PLANE; VARIABLE RATE; VEHICLE NAVIGATION; WAYPOINTS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGE RECORDING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; ROADS AND STREETS; ROBOTICS; STEREO VISION; VEHICLES;

OFF ROAD VEHICLES;

EID: 84855195973     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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