A Gaussian process-based RRT planner for the exploration of an unknown and cluttered environment with a UAV

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 431-443

  Yang, Kwangjin ^a   Keat Gan, Seng ^a   Sukkarieh, Salah ^a  

^a Korean Air Force Academy   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gaussian processes; Information theoretic exploration; Map building; Rapidly exploring random tree; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

CLUTTERED ENVIRONMENTS; COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS; DIFFERENTIAL CONSTRAINTS; EXPLORATION MISSIONS; GAUSSIAN PROCESSES; MAP BUILDING; RAPIDLY-EXPLORING RANDOM TREES; ROTARY UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES;

FORESTRY; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); INFORMATION THEORY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

MOTION PLANNING;

AIR CRAFT; ALGORITHMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAPS; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN; TREES;

EID: 84875920978     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01691864.2013.756386     Document Type: Article

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