Intelligent lead: A novel HRI sensor for guide robots

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 8301-8318

  Cho, Keum Bae ^a   Lee, Beom Hee ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

EKF; Guide robot; IMU; Kinect sensor; Serial linkage; Visually impaired

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; REMOTE SENSING; ROBOTICS;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84863207141     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120608301     Document Type: Article

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