Comparative evaluation of range sensor accuracy for indoor mobile robotics and automated logistics applications

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1094-1105

  Stoyanov, Todor ^a   Mojtahedzadeh, Rasoul ^a   Andreasson, Henrik ^a   Lilienthal, Achim J ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automated logistics; Comparative evaluation; Range sensing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY EVALUATION; AUTONOMOUS SUBSYSTEMS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; ENVIRONMENT MODELING; INDOOR MOBILE ROBOTICS; LASER RANGE FINDERS; RANGE SENSING; REALISTIC APPLICATIONS;

AUTOMATION; CYLINDERS (CONTAINERS); LOGISTICS; ROBOTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNLOADING;

SENSORS;

EID: 84883891279     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2012.08.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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