Satellite image based precise robot localization on sidewalks

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2647-2653

  Senlet, Turgay ^a   Elgammal, Ahmed ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MOBILE ROBOTS; PAVEMENTS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; TRACKING (POSITION); VISION;

MAP MATCHING; MOBILE ROBOT PLATFORMS; ROBOT LOCALIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGES; STEREO CAMERAS; VISION FRAMEWORKS; VISUAL ODOMETRY; WHEEL ODOMETRY;

STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 84864440262     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2012.6225352     Document Type: Conference Paper

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