Title :
Range-free qualitative navigation
Author :
Dai, David ; Lawton, Daryl T.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Comput., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
Some recent algorithms developed for qualitative navigation that are completely independent of range estimates to landmarks are summarized. Several distinctions that reflect more realistic application of qualitative navigation algorithms to real robots are introduced. These involve the extent to which landmarks can be identified from very different points of view (called the distinctiveness of landmarks), whether or not a compass is allowed, and distinctions between different types of compasses
Keywords :
learning (artificial intelligence); mobile robots; navigation; path planning; spatial reasoning; compasses; distinctiveness of landmarks; landmark identification; mobile robots; qualitative navigation algorithms; range-free qualitative navigation; real robots; spatial memory; Animals; Educational institutions; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gravity; Monitoring; Navigation; Orbital robotics; Path planning; Robot kinematics; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 1993. Proceedings., 1993 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3450-2
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.1993.292073
