Laser range finder model for autonomous navigation of a robot in a maize field using a particle filter

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-50

  Hiremath, Santosh A ^a   van der Heijden, Gerie W A M ^a   van Evert, Frits K ^a   Stein, Alfred ^b   Ter Braak, Cajo J F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autonomous navigation; Laser range finder; Particle filter; Probabilistic robotics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADAR EQUIPMENT; SENSORS;

AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS; AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; LASER RANGE FINDERS; NAVIGATION ALGORITHMS; PARTICLE FILTER; PROBABILISTIC ROBOTICS; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; VISION-BASED METHODS;

ROBOTS;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FILTER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LASER METHOD; LIDAR; MAIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROBABILITY; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84887564262     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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