Environment mapping using a 3D laser scanner for unmanned ground vehicles

Microprocessors and Microsystems

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 939-949

  Rejas, José Ignacio ^a   Sanchez, Alberto ^a   Glez De Rivera, Guillermo ^a   Prieto, Manuel ^b   Garrido, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Campus de Cantoblanco ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

3D mapping; Laser radar; UGV

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MAPPING; OPTICAL RADAR; SCANNING; VEHICLES;

3-D MAPPING; 3D LASER SCANNERS; DISTANCE SENSORS; ENVIRONMENT MAPPING; OPTIMAL ROTATIONS; UGV; UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLES; VEHICLE SPEED;

GROUND VEHICLES;

EID: 84949751740     PISSN: 01419331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpro.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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