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Exploring Unknown Structured Environments (1998)

Abstract
This paper presents perceptual algorithms for corridor navigation, door detection and entry that can be used for exploration of an unknown floor of a building. The algorithms are fairly robust to sensor noise, do not use odometric data, and can be implemented on a low end PC. The primary sensor used is a laser range scanner. Their technique relies on constraint-based search to align a current laser frame with a map built from previous laser scans. The alignment of range scans is computationally expensive and can be unnecessary when navigating in a structured environment.. The original document contains color images.

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Download http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA443608
Contributors GEORGIA INST OF TECH ATLANTA COLL OF COMPUTING
Repository Defense Technical Information Center OAI-PMH Repository (United States)
Keywords CYBERNETICS, MISCELLANEOUS DETECTION AND DETECTORS, *ALGORITHMS, *DETECTORS, *ROBOTS, SCANNING, ENVIRONMENTS, LASERS, ALIGNMENT, FRAMES, NOISE, PERCEPTION
Language eng