BeAMS: A beacon-based angle measurement sensor for mobile robot positioning

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 533-549

  Pierlot, Vincent ^a   Van Droogenbroeck, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Angle measurement; beacons; infrared detector; mobile robot; positioning; robot sensing system; triangulation

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DETECTORS; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; SENSORS; TRIANGULATION;

BEACONS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; POSITIONING; RELIABLE COMPONENTS; ROBOT SENSING SYSTEM; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TRIANGULATION-BASED; UNBIASED ESTIMATES;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84902254017     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2013.2293834     Document Type: Article

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