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ALIFE
2007
14 years 11 months ago
A Synthetic Vision System Using Directionally Selective Motion Detectors to Recognize Collision
: Reliably recognizing objects approaching on a collision course is extremely important. In this paper, a synthetic vision system is proposed to tackle the problem of collision rec...
Shigang Yue, F. Claire Rind
ATAL
2008
Springer
15 years 1 months ago
A coordination mechanism for swarm navigation: experiments and analysis
We present an algorithm that allows swarms of robots to navigate in environments containing unknown obstacles, moving towards and spreading along 2D shapes given by implicit funct...
Leandro Soriano Marcolino, Luiz Chaimowicz
IBPRIA
2007
Springer
15 years 5 months ago
Line Extraction from Mechanically Scanned Imaging Sonar
Abstract. The extraction of reliable features is a key issue for autonomous underwater vehicle navigation. Imaging sonars can produce acoustic images of the surroundings of the veh...
David Ribas, Pere Ridao, José Neira, Juan D...
ICNSC
2007
IEEE
15 years 6 months ago
Ceiling Light Landmarks Based Localization and Motion Control for a Mobile Robot
—This paper presents ceiling light landmarks based localization and motion control for a mobile robot. The novel mechanism design for the mobile robot is introduced, and the meth...
Hongbo Wang, Hongnian Yu, Lingfu Kong
ISER
2004
Springer
172views Robotics» more  ISER 2004»
15 years 5 months ago
Autonomous Navigation Results from the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission
In January, 2004, the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission landed two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, on the surface of Mars. Several autonomous navigation capabilities were employ...
Mark W. Maimone, Andrew Edie Johnson, Yang Cheng, ...