A μ analysis-based, controller-synthesis framework for robust bioinspired visual navigation in less-structured environments

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Keshavan, J ^a   Gremillion, G ^a   Escobar Alvarez, H ^a   Humbert, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

bioinspired information extraction; cluttered environments; robust controller; robustness and performance guarantees; visual navigation

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS; GESTURE RECOGNITION; MICROSYSTEMS;

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; BANDWIDTH CONSTRAINT; CLUTTERED ENVIRONMENTS; PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES; ROBUST CONTROLLERS; STRUCTURED SINGULAR VALUE ANALYSIS; UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS; VISUAL NAVIGATION;

NAVIGATION;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLYING; OPTIC FLOW; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTIC FLOW; ROBOTICS; SPATIAL NAVIGATION;

EID: 84901453688     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/9/2/025011     Document Type: Article

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