BatSLAM: Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Using Biomimetic Sonar

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Steckel, Jan ^a   Peremans, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BIOMIMETICS; BIOSENSOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; LEARNING ALGORITHM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CHIROPTERA; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; RATS; ROBOTICS; SOUND;

RODENTIA;

EID: 84872850897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054076     Document Type: Article

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