An integrated MMW radar system for outdoor navigation

Author

Langer, Dirk

Author_Institution

Robotics Inst., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

22-28 Apr 1996

Firstpage

417

Abstract

The design of a MMW radar sensor for mobile robot outdoor navigation is presented, which is able to operate robustly even under adverse weather conditions. This sensor has a range of approximately 200 metres and uses a linear array of receivers and wavefront reconstruction techniques to compute range and bearing of objects within the field of view. Currently sensor design and hardware fabrication have been completed and the sensor is being integrated with other vehicle systems. Signal processing techniques are discussed and results obtained from simulation and the real sensor are presented

Keywords

CW radar; FM radar; array signal processing; mobile robots; radar applications; radar receivers; radar signal processing; radionavigation; FMCW radar; MM wave radar system; linear receiver array; mobile robot; object bearing; outdoor navigation; sensor arrays; signal processing; wavefront reconstruction; Array signal processing; Fabrication; Hardware; Meteorological radar; Mobile robots; Navigation; Robustness; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 1996. Proceedings., 1996 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

1050-4729

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2988-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.1996.503812

Filename

503812