Environment reconstruction and navigation with electric sense based on a Kalman filter

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-188

  Lebastard, Vincent ^a   Chevallereau, Christine ^b   Girin, Alexis ^a   Servagent, Noël ^a   Gossiaux, Pol Bernard ^a   Boyer, Frédéric ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Bio inspiration; electric sense; experimentation in autonomous underwater robot; Kalman filter; navigation; reconstruction of environment

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER ROBOT; BIO-INSPIRATION; CLOSED FEEDBACK LOOP; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC SENSE; ELECTROLOCATION; ENVIRONMENT RECONSTRUCTION; SMALL OBJECTS; WALL FOLLOWING;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; KALMAN FILTERS; NAVIGATION; SENSORS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84874072168     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364912470181     Document Type: Article

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