Deployment of a point and line feature localization system for an outdoor agriculture vehicle

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1565-1570

  Libby, Jacqueline ^a   Kantor, George ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GPS-FREE; LASER RANGE FINDERS; LINE FEATURES; LINEAR FEATURE; LOCALIZATION SYSTEM; ON-BOARD SENSORS; ONLINE OPERATIONS; POINT FEATURES; PRACTICAL ISSUES; WHEEL ODOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS; ORCHARDS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84871689634     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2011.5980430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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