Multi-sensor surveillance of indoor environments by an autonomous mobile robot

International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 18-35

  Di Paola, Donato ^a   Naso, David ^b   Milella, Annalisa ^a   Cicirelli, Grazia ^a   Distante, Arcangelo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATION   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

autonomous robots; intelligent systems; RFID technology; robot control architecture; sensing and multiple sensor fusion; surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876476249     PISSN: 17408865     EISSN: 17408873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISTA.2010.030187     Document Type: Article

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