Defining effective exploration strategies for search and rescue applications with multi-criteria decision making

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 4260-4265

  Basilico, Nicola ^a   Amigoni, Francesco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT; CANDIDATE LOCATIONS; EXPLORATION STRATEGIES; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; ROBOT CONTROLLER; SEARCH AND RESCUE; SEARCH-AND-RESCUE APPLICATIONS; SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT; UNKNOWN ENVIRONMENTS; UTILITY FUNCTIONS;

DECISION MAKING; ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84867024811     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2011.5979968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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