Laser-based pedestrian tracking in outdoor environments by multiple mobile robots

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 14489-14507

  Ozaki, Masataka ^a   Kakimuma, Kei ^a   Hashimoto, Masafumi ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bayesian filter; Decentralized multi sensor fusion; Laser range scanner; Multi mobile robots; Pedestrian tracking

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN FILTERS; LASER RANGE SCANNERS; MULTI MOBILE ROBOT; MULTI-SENSOR FUSION; PEDESTRIAN TRACKING;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

TRACKING (POSITION);

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LASER; ROBOTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WALKING;

HUMANS; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ROBOTICS; WALKING;

EID: 84870513305     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s121114489     Document Type: Article

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