Topological localisation based on monocular vision and unsupervised learning

International Journal of Advanced Mechatronic Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 59-67

  Zhao, Zeng Shun ^a   Hou, Zeng Guang ^b   Zhao, Xiao Guang ^b   Tan, Min ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

competitive learning; hidden Markov model; monocular vision; topological localisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969447125     PISSN: 17568412     EISSN: 17568420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAMechS.2010.030849     Document Type: Article

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