The Map-Building and Exploration Strategies of a Simple Sonar-Equipped Mobile Robot: An Experimental, Quantitative Evaluation

by D. C. Lee and D.C. Lee

Book Overview

There are two radically different approaches to robot navigation: the first is to use a map of the robot's environment; the second uses a set of action reflexes to enable a robot to react rapidly to local sensory information. Hybrid approaches combining features of both also exist. This book is the first to propose a method for evaluating the different approaches that shows how to decide which is the most appropriate for a given situation. It begins...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521542154
• ISBN13: 9780521542159
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.6"