Saliency detection and model-based tracking: A two part vision system for small robot navigation in forested environment

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8387, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Roberts, Richard ^a   Ta, Duy Nguyen ^a   Straub, Julian ^a   Ok, Kyel ^a   Dellaert, Frank ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL ROBOTS; AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; FORESTED ENVIRONMENT; GEOMETRIC INFORMATION; GEOMETRIC PRIMITIVES; IMAGE MEASUREMENTS; LOCAL PLANNING; MAP BUILDING; MODEL-BASED TRACKING; MOTION SALIENCIES; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; QUAD ROTORS; REAL-WORLD OBJECTS; SALIENCY DETECTION; SMALL ROBOTS; TWO PARTS; VISION BASED; VISION SYSTEMS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

COMPUTER VISION; GEOMETRY; NAVIGATION; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTS;

FORESTRY;

COMPUTER PROGRAMING; FORESTRY; GEOMETRY; ROBOTS;

EID: 84874816895     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.919598     Document Type: Conference Paper

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