Simultaneous localisation and mapping on a multi-degree of freedom biomimetic whiskered robot

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 586-592

  Pearson, Martin J ^a   Fox, Charles ^b   Sullivan, J Charles ^a   Prescott, Tony J ^b   Pipe, Tony ^a   Mitchinson, Ben ^b  

^a BRISTOL ROBOTICS LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Tactile SLAM; Whiskered robot

Indexed keywords

ACTION SELECTION; GEOMETRIC SHAPE; LOCALISATION AND MAPPING; OCCUPANCY GRIDS; PRIOR INFORMATION; SIMULTANEOUS LOCALISATION AND MAPPINGS; TACTILE INFORMATION; TACTILE SLAM;

BIOMIMETICS; MAMMALS; MAPPING;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84887294388     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630633     Document Type: Conference Paper

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