Estimation-informed, resource-aware robot navigation for environmental monitoring applications

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1041-1046

  Parker, Lonnie T ^a   Coogle, Richard A ^a   Howard, Ayanna M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth observing systems (EOS); inertial measurement unit (IMU); robotic survey system (RSS)

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS MOBILE AGENT; EARTH-OBSERVING SYSTEMS (EOS); EFFICIENT SAMPLING SCHEMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; MEASUREMENT INFORMATION; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; SURVEY SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MOBILE AGENTS; NAVIGATION; ROBOTS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84887306650     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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