
Active Sensors For Local Planning In Mobile Robotics
Penelope Probert Smith(Author)
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Will be published approx. on 6. December 2001
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-981-02-4681-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book describes recent work on active sensors for mobile robots. An active sensor interacts with its surroundings to supply data on demand for a particular function, gathering and abstracting information according to need rather than acting as a generic data gatherer. Details of the physical operation are hidden.The book deals mainly with active range sensors, which provide rapid information for local planning, describing extraction of two-dimensional features such as lines, corners and cylinders to reconstruct a plan of a building. It is structured according to the physical principles of the sensors, since to a large extent these determine the function of the sensors and the methods of processing. Recent work using sonar, optoelectronic sensors and radar is described. Sections on vision and on sensor management develop the idea of software adaptation for efficient operation in a changing environment.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
594 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-02-4681-5 (9789810246815)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
The mapping and localisation problem; perception at millimetre wavelengths; advanced sonar - principles of operation and interpretation; smooth and rough target modelling - examples in mapping and texture classification; sonar systems - a biological perspective; map building from range data using mathematical morphology; millimetre wave radar for robotics; optoelectronic range sensors; AMCW LIDAR range acquisition; extracting lines and curves from optoelectronic range data; active vision for mobile robot navigation; strategies for active sensor management.